Quotes from book
Journals

Name: Journals
Author: Kurt Cobain

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.

“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.”

Kurt Cobain book Journals

Source: Journals

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

Kurt Cobain book Journals

Source: Journals

“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 only remember a few things about Jimmy Carter. He had big lips and liked peanuts. I now know that Jimmy Carter was and is a good man.”

Kurt Cobain book Journals

Source: Journals

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

Kurt Cobain book Journals

Source: Journals (2002), p. 124

“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.”

Kurt Cobain book Journals

Source: Journals (2002), p. 18