Kurt Cobain: Want

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Kurt Cobain quote: “Dreaming of the person you want to be is wasting the person you already are.”

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

“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

“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.”

As quoted in Melody Maker (1991-09-14).
Interviews (1989-1994), Print

“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.”

“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.”

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

Verse Chorus Verse.
Song lyrics, Posthumously released (post-1994)

“They're claiming that [the grunge bands] finally put Seattle on the map, but, like, what map? …I mean, we had Jimi Hendrix. Heck, what more do we want?”

From an interview with Marc Coiteux on Musique Plus, 1991-09-21, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Interviews (1989-1994), Video

“I Hate Myself And I Want To Die.”

“Punk Rock (while still sacred to some) is, to me, dead and gone. We just wanted to pay tribute to something that helped us to feel as though we had crawled out of the dung heap of conformity.”

Incesticide liner notes (1992)

“Polly wants a cracker
Think I should get off her first
Think she wants some water
To put out the blow torch.”

Song lyrics, Nevermind (1991)

“Come as you are, as you were
As I want you to be
As a trend, as a friend, as a known enemy
Take your time, hurry up
The choice is yours, don't be late.”

Come As You Are.
Song lyrics, Nevermind (1991)