Nirvana Quotes
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If chasing cool is important to you, you're an idiot!
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Neil Young is my hero, and such a great example. You know what that guy has been doing for the past 40 years? Making music. That's what that guy does. Sometimes you pay attention, sometimes you don't. Sometimes he hands it to you, sometimes he keeps it to himself. He's a good man with a beautiful family and wonderful life.
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It was supposed to be gross, and now it's gorgeous.
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I’m not going to say a damn word about it being tough; I’m having the best time of my life!
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But this is pretty new for me, both songwriting and singing.
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I don't think of Kurt as 'Kurt Cobain from Nirvana'. I think of him as 'Kurt'. It's something that comes back all the time. Almost every day.
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I mean, I never liked being told what to do. It's one of the reasons I dropped out of school. Give me something to assemble, I won't look at the directions, I'll try to figure it out by myself. It's why I love Ikea furniture.
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I wish I would tell our audience that we don't hate them without sounding cheesy.
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I don't care what you think unless it is about me.
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Joining a band without ever having really met the people before, you just want to be musically powerful.
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There's a reason why the Foo Fighters don't blast out Nirvana songs every night: because we have a lot of respect for them. You know, that's hallowed ground. We have to be careful. We have to tread lightly. We have talked about it before, but the opportunity hasn't really come up, or it just hasn't felt right.
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The best time for gum is just before getting onstage. I need a minty-fresh microphone.
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'Some Kind Of Monster' is such a nightmare for any musician to watch because you're watching a band be honest to each other. Not a good idea, man!
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People are coming to shows on the strength of one song. I guess that's the way it goes.
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I don’t have the passion anymore, and so remember, it’s better to burn out than to fade away.
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I never listen to 'Nevermind.' I haven't listened to it since we put it out. That says something.
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It's not until recently that I could even imagine myself as an adult. But these kids today, they look at me like I'm Neil Young. Nirvana is the band their parents listen to.
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I don't want to say that most rock bands live these formulaic biography existences - but they kinda do. There's always a divorce. There's always an OD. There's always a bad business manager.
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All my life, I never believed most things I read in history books and a lot of things I learned in school. But now I've found I don't have the right to make a judgment on someone based on something I've read. I don't have the right to judge anything. That's the lesson I've learned.
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I write poems for myself and I write poetry that gets torn apart and becomes songs. I have a lot of respect for words, the power of words.
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It's important to me that people feel connected to the band through the music, you know? I don't want it to be wallpaper. I don't want it to be background music. I want it to be clear: This is the song. These are the words. If you feel the same way as I do, sing it as loud as you can.
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Your personal history is a part of what happens with your hands and your head as you play music.
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From the time that 'Nevermind' came out in September of 1991 to the time that Nirvana was over, it was really just a few years, and a lot happened in those few years.
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I didn't know how to deal with success. If there was a Rock Star 101, I would have liked to take it. It might have helped me.