
“It's better to be hated for what you are, than to be loved for what you're not…”
“It's better to be hated for what you are, than to be loved for what you're not…”
“I miss the comfort in being sad.”
Song lyrics, In Utero (1993)
“If you're really a mean person you're going to come back as a fly and eat poop.”
As quoted in Monk Magazine (1992-10).
Interviews (1989-1994), Print
“Wanting to be someone else is a waste of who you are”
Variant: Wanting to be someone else is the waste of who you are
“She loves him more than he will ever know
He loves her more than he will ever show”
Swap Meet.
Song lyrics, Bleach (1989)
“We're so trendy we can't even escape ourselves.”
As quoted in SPIN (1992-01).
Interviews (1989-1994), Print
“Dreaming of the person you want to be is wasting the person you already are.”
Journals (2002)
Context: Birds... scream at the top of their lungs in horrified hellish rage every morning at daybreak to warn us all of the truth. They know the truth. Screaming bloody murder all over the world in our ears, but sadly we don't speak bird. [p. 224]
“I would rather be hated for what I am, then loved for what I am not.”
Variant: I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.
“They laugh at me because I'm different; I laugh at them because they're all the same.”
As quoted in Flipside (1992-03).
Interviews (1989-1994), Print
“And if you save yourself
You will make him happy.”
Sappy
Song lyrics, B-sides and compilation tracks (1989-1993)
“I found it hard,
It was hard to find
Oh well, whatever, never mind.”
Smells Like Teen Spirit.
Song lyrics, Nevermind (1991)
“What else could I write, I don't have the right.”
to Michael Azerrad in an interview from 1992 or 1993, in Kurt Cobain: About a Son
Interviews (1989-1994), Video