A biography for Kurt Cobainhasn’t been written yet.
“I really haven't had that exciting of a life. There are a lot of things I wish I would have done, instead of just sitting around and complaining about having a boring life. So I pretty much like to make it up. I'd rather tell a story about somebody else.”
“Do your own thing. Others own their own thing. If you copy too much, you'll find yourself in late night cocktail lounge cover band limbo.”
“I own a '66 Jaguar. That's the guitar I polish, and baby - I refuse to let anyone touch it when I jump into the crowd.”
“Wanting to be someone else is a waste of who you are”
“Peace,love,empathy”
“I didn't know how to deal with success. If there was a Rock Star 101, I would have liked to take it. It might have helped me.”
“The worst crime is faking it.”
“I was tired of pretending that I was someone else just to get along with people, just for the sake of having friendships.”
“I definitely feel closer to the feminine side of the human being than I do the male - or the American idea of what a male is supposed to be. Just watch a beer commercial and you'll see what I mean.”
“Sometimes I wish I had taken the Bob Dylan route and sang songs where my voice would not go out on me every night, so I could have a career if I wanted.”
“Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.”
“I like to have strong opinions with nothing to back them up with besides my primal sincerity. I like sincerity. I lack sincerity.”
“I like to make people feel happy and superior in their reaction towards my appearance.”
“I sing and play the guitar, and I'm a walking, talking bacterial infection.”
“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.”
“I've never considered musical equipment very sacred.”
“I get a thrill meeting kids who are into alternative music.”
“Rap music is the only vital form of music introduced since punk rock.”
“Rather be dead than cool.”
“I'm really interested in smells. I think I'd like to own a perfumery someday.”