Kurt Cobain: Trending quotes (page 6)

“Give me a Leonard Cohen afterworld
So I can sigh eternally.”

“Things have never been so swell
and I have never felt this well! I have never failed to feel… Pain!”

“I can't play [guitar] like Pete Townshend. The flip side of that is that Pete Townshend could probably never have played like me.”

“Yeah, I was run out of town. They chased me up to the castle of Aberdeen with torches. Just like the Frankenstein monster. And I got away in a hot air balloon. And I came here to Seattle.”

“Art is sacred.
Punk rock is freedom.
Expression and right to express is vital.
Anyone can be artistic.”

“109. "Still never had any friends because I hate everyone for they were so phony.”

“I mean it seems like there are only two options for songwriters [sic] personalities either theyre [sic] sad, tragic visionaries like morrissey or michael stipe or robert smith or theres [sic] the goofy, nutty white boy, Hey lets party and forget everything people like Van Halen or all that other Heavy metal crap.”

“I'm so ugly, but that's O.K. 'cause so are you.”

“I must be one of those narcissists who only appreciate things when they're gone.”

“You see a lot up there, but don't be scared.Who needs action when you got words?”

“With the lights out, it's less dangerous.”

“And just maybe I'm to blame for all I've heard, but I'm not sure.”

“It amazes me, the will of instict.”

“It's really not hard to keep your dignity and sign to a major label…Most people don't have any dignity in the first place.”

“Why in the hell do journalists insist on coming up with a second rate Freudian evaluation on my lyrics when 90% of the time they've transcribed the lyrics incorrectly?”

“The thrill and embarrassment of becoming international pop stars was too much, so we opened our mouths and put our foot in sometimes.”

“I'd like to live off the band, but if not, I'll just retire to Mexico or Yugoslavia with a few hundred dollars, grow potatoes, and learn the history of rock through back issues of Creem magazine.”

“I would love to be erased from our association with Pearl Jam or the Nymphs and other first time offenders.”

“There is plenty of Hühnerfleisch in the Kühlschrank. (There is plenty of chicken in the fridge.)”