“Wanting to be someone else is a waste of who you are”
Kurt Cobain (1967–1994) American musician and artist
Variant: Wanting to be someone else is the waste of who you are
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Verified author @Anonimus356281, member from May 20, 2023“If you're really a mean person you're going to come back as a fly and eat poop.”
Kurt Cobain (1967–1994) American musician and artist
As quoted in Monk Magazine (1992-10).
Interviews (1989-1994), Print
Kurt Cobain (1967–1994) American musician and artist
As quoted in SPIN (1992-01).
Interviews (1989-1994), Print
“They laugh at me because I'm different; I laugh at them because they're all the same.”
Kurt Cobain (1967–1994) American musician and artist
“I would rather be hated for what I am, then loved for what I am not.”
Kurt Cobain (1967–1994) American musician and artist
Variant: I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.
“Dreaming of the person you want to be is wasting the person you already are.”
Kurt Cobain (1967–1994) American musician and artist
“I miss the comfort in being sad.”
Kurt Cobain (1967–1994) American musician and artist
Song lyrics, In Utero (1993)
“It's better to be hated for what you are, than to be loved for what you're not…”
Kurt Cobain (1967–1994) American musician and artist
“She loves him more than he will ever know
He loves her more than he will ever show”
Kurt Cobain (1967–1994) American musician and artist
Swap Meet.
Song lyrics, Bleach (1989)
“We're so trendy we can't even escape ourselves.”
Kurt Cobain (1967–1994) American musician and artist
Kurt Cobain book Journals
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]
Kurt Cobain (1967–1994) American musician and artist
As quoted in Flipside (1992-03).
Interviews (1989-1994), Print
“And if you save yourself
You will make him happy.”
Kurt Cobain (1967–1994) American musician and artist
Sappy
Song lyrics, B-sides and compilation tracks (1989-1993)
“I found it hard,
It was hard to find
Oh well, whatever, never mind.”
Kurt Cobain (1967–1994) American musician and artist
Smells Like Teen Spirit.
Song lyrics, Nevermind (1991)
“What else could I write, I don't have the right.”
Kurt Cobain (1967–1994) American musician and artist
Kurt Cobain (1967–1994) American musician and artist
to Michael Azerrad in an interview from 1992 or 1993, in Kurt Cobain: About a Son
Interviews (1989-1994), Video