Kurt Cobain Quotes

158 Quotes to Inspire and Challenge with Profound Words

“I would rather be hated for what I am, then loved for what I am not.”

“If my eyes could show my soul, everyone would cry when they saw me smile.”

“Birds scream at the top of their lungs in horrified hellish rage every morning at daybreak to warn us all of the truth, but sadly we don't speak bird.”

“Dreaming of the person you want to be is wasting the person you already are.”

“There's good in all of us and I think I simply love people too much, so much that it makes me feel too sad.”

“I don't care what you think unless it is about me.”

“I think I'm dumb
or maybe just happy
think I'm just happy…”

“People think of life as being so sacred and they feel like this is their only chance and they have to do something with their life and make an impact As far as I'm concerned, it's just a pitstop for the afterlife. It's just a little test to see how you can handle reality.”

“Neither side is sacred; no one wants to win
Feeling so sedated; think I'll just give in.”

“Music comes first; lyrics are secondary. Most of my lyrics are contradictions. I'll write a few sincere lines, and then I'll have to make fun of [them]. I don't like to make it too obvious, because if it is too obvious, it gets really stale. You shouldn't be in people's faces 100% all the time. We don't mean to be really cryptic or mysterious, but I just think that lyrics that are different and weird and spacey paint a nice picture. It's just the way I like art.”

“Rather be dead then cool”

“It's better to be hated for what you are, than to be loved for what you're not…”

“We're so trendy we can't even escape ourselves.”

“I’m not mad. I’m in a perfectly happy mood, you asshole.”

“Just because you're paranoid, does not mean they're not out to get you.”

“She loves him more than he will ever know
He loves her more than he will ever show”

“Wanting to be someone else is a waste of who you are”

“I am not gay, although I wish I were, just to piss off homophobes.”

“I miss the comfort in being sad.”

“At this point I have a request for our fans. If any of you in any way hate homosexuals, people of different color, or women, please do this one favor for us - leave us the fuck alone! Don't come to our shows and don't buy our records.”

“If you ever need anything please don't hesitate to ask someone else first.”

“If you're really a mean person you're going to come back as a fly and eat poop.”

“Please read my diary, look through my things and figure me out.”

“It's OK to eat fish
'Cos they don't have any feelings”

“My heart is broke, but I have some glue, help me inhale and mend it with you.”

“No one is afraid of heights, they're afraid of falling down. No one is afraid of saying I love you, they're afraid of the answer…”

“I am not well read, but when I do read, I read well.”

“Thank you for the tragedy. I need it for my art.”

“Practice makes perfect, but nobody's perfect, so why practice?”

“If it's illegal to rock and roll, then throw me in jail.”

“Peace, love, empathy”

“I knew I was different. I thought that I might be gay or something because I couldn't identify with any of the guys at all. None of them liked art or music, they just wanted to fight and get laid. It was many years ago but it gave me this real hatred for the average American macho male.”

“If you die you’re completely happy and your soul somewhere lives on. I’m not afraid of dying. Total peace after death, becoming someone else is the best hope I’ve got.”

“You can't buy happiness”

“I use bits and pieces of others [sic] personalities to form my own.”

“I’m worse at what I do best.”

“Life is a waste of time and time is a waste of life, so let's all get wasted and have the time of our lives.”

“Words suck. I mean, every thing has been said. I can't remember the last real interesting conversation I've had in a long time. Words aren't as important as the energy derived from music, especially live.”

“I'm so happy 'cause today I've found my friends…. They're in my head. I'm so ugly, but that's okay, 'cause so are you.”

“The worst crime is faking it”

“Rape is one of the most terrible crimes on earth. And it happens every few minutes.”

“I wouldn't have been surprised if they had voted me Most Likely To Kill Everyone At A High School Dance.”

“Drugs are a waste of time. They destroy your memory and your self-respect and everything that goes along with your self esteem.”

“There are a lot of things I wish I would have done, instead of just sitting around and complaining about having a boring life.”

“I mean I like to be passionate and sincere but I also like to have fun and act like a dork. Geeks unite.”

“I started to be really proud of the fact I was gay even though I wasn't”

“With the lights out, it's less dangerous
Here we are now, entertain us
I feel stupid, and contagious
Here we are now, entertain us.”

“Forever in debt to your priceless advice.”

“Load up on guns, bring your friends.”

“I'm not like them
But I can pretend”

“all i want… is mac and cheese”

“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.”

“I just hope I don't become so blissful I become boring. I think I'll always be neurotic enough to do something weird.”

“Punk rock should mean freedom, liking and excepting anything that you like. Playing whatever you want. As sloppy as you want. As long as it's good and it has passion.”

“To be positive at all times is to ignore all that is important, sacred or valuable. To be negative at all times is to be threatened by ridiculousness and instant discredibility.”

“196. "Look on the bright side, suicide
Lost eyesight I'm on your side
Angel left wing, right wing, broken wing
Lack of iron and/or sleeping
Protector of the kennel
Ecto-plasma, Ecto-skeletal
Obituary birthday
Your scent is still here in my place of recovery!" ~”

“Jocks have completely taken over music… And just to get back at them, I’m going to start playing basketball.”

“We're Nirvana and we really don't particularly like heavy metal.”

“I found it hard,
It was hard to find
Oh well, whatever, never mind.”

“A mulatto, an albino, a mosquito, my libido.”

“He's the one
Who likes all our pretty songs
And he likes to sing along
And he likes to shoot his gun
But he knows not what it means.”