Nirvana Quotes
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Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you.
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In Aberdeen, I hated my best friends with a passion, because they were idiots.
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Maybe we can change some kid's life & stop him from becoming a welder or a sleazy lawyer.
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For the first seven years of my life, I listened to nothing but The Beatles.
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I started being really proud of the fact that I was gay even though I wasn't.
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Punk is musical freedom. It's saying, doing and playing what you want. In Webster's terms, 'nirvana' means freedom from pain, suffering and the external world, and that's pretty close to my definition of Punk Rock.
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At 13 years old, I realized I could start my own band. I could write my own song, I could record my own record. I could start my own label. I could release my own record. I could book my own shows. I could write and publish my own fanzine. I could silk-screen my own T-shirt. I could do this all myself.
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I'm happy that I have my family, and I'm happy that I had Virginia, where I grew up, to retreat to any time I felt overwhelmed. Whenever there were times when I felt like the rug was being pulled out from under me and I was floating in this crazy space, I would stop and go back to that neighborhood and realize nothing's changed, really.
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Whenever I say I made a record in the garage, people just assume that I have, like, a Lear jet parked in there or something. But really there's old luggage, a couple of bikes. It's big enough to put one minivan in. That's it. No dartboard. I'm so not macho.
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Sometimes I wish I had taken the Bob Dylan route and sang songs where my voice would not go out on me every night, so I could have a career if I wanted.
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I'm really interested in smells. I think I'd like to own a perfumery someday.
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I don't need to be inspired any longer, just supported.
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Same thing happened in the punk movement in the late 70's...a punk band would start, play one gig, and get signed to a major label right away, 'cause it was a trend. That just shows there are a lot of old school dinosaurs in the record industry who need to be weeded out.
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I'd rather hang out with the losers that would sit and smoke a cigarette than the ones who wanted to throw a baseball.
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The thrill and embarrassment of becoming international pop stars was too much, so we opened our mouths and put our foot in sometimes.
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If I wouldn't have found Courtney, I probably would have carried on with a bisexual lifestyle.
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My songs have always had frustrating themes - relationships I've had.
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I won't eat anything green.
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I can't remember the last time I looked at a Nirvana web site.
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And Seattle isn't really crazy anymore. It's a big dot-com city.
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Let's keep the music with us. We'll always have it.
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There's nothing better than having a bottle of beer in your hand in the waves.
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I called Leo Fender, the dead guy, a dork. Now I'll never get an endorsement.
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My songwriting is like extending a hand to the listener.