Quotes from bookJournals
Journals is a collection of writings and drawings by Kurt Cobain, who was the lead singer and guitarist of Nirvana. Though the content is undated, it is arranged in approximately chronological order. It was published in hardcover by Riverhead Books in November 2002, and in paperback by Riverhead Books in November 2003. Journals opened at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list . It contains scrawled notes, drafted letters, shopping lists, and drawings by Cobain.
„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.“
— 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]
„I use bits and pieces of others [sic] personalities to form my own.“
— Kurt Cobain, book Journals
Source: Journals (2002), p. 95
„Please read my diary, look through my things and figure me out.“
— Kurt Cobain, book Journals
Source: Journals
„I am not well read, but when I do read, I read well.“
— Kurt Cobain, book Journals
Source: Journals (2002), p. 124
„When I hear the term Right wing I think of Hitler and Satan and Civil war.“
— Kurt Cobain, book Journals
Source: Journals (2002), p. 259
„I don't need to be inspired any longer, just supported.“
— Kurt Cobain, book Journals
Source: Journals
„Life isn't nearly as sacred as the appreciation of passion.“
— Kurt Cobain, book Journals
Source: Journals
„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.“
— Kurt Cobain, book Journals
Source: Journals (2002), p. 44
