Quotes by Kurt Cobain

I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.

— Kurt Cobain

Wisdom

Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.

— Kurt Cobain

Wisdom

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.

— Kurt Cobain

Freedom

The duty of youth is to challenge corruption.

— Kurt Cobain

Wisdom

There's nothing better than having a baby. I've always loved children. I used to work summers at the YMCA and be in charge of, like, 30 preschool kids. I knew that when I had a child, I'd be overwhelmed, and it's true... I can't tell you how much my attitude has changed since we've got Frances. Holding my baby is the best drug in the world.

— Kurt Cobain

Success

If you die you're completely happy and your soul somewhere lives on. I'm not afraid of dying. Total peace after death, becoming someone else is the best hope I've got.

— Kurt Cobain

Happiness

If it's illegal to rock and roll, throw my ass in jail!

— Kurt Cobain

Wisdom

Drugs are a waste of time. They destroy your memory and your self-respect and everything that goes along with with your self-esteem. They're no good at all.

— Kurt Cobain

Wisdom

My body is damaged from music in two ways. I have a red irritation in my stomach. It's psychosomatic, caused by all the anger and the screaming. I have scoliosis, where the curvature of your spine is bent, and the weight of my guitar has made it worse. I'm always in pain, and that adds to the anger in our music.

— Kurt Cobain

Wisdom

Rather be dead than cool.

— Kurt Cobain

Wisdom

I'm a spokesman for myself. It just so happens that there's a bunch of people that are concerned with what I have to say. I find that frightening at times because I'm just as confused as most people. I don't have the answers for anything.

— Kurt Cobain

Wisdom

The sun is gone, but I have a light.

— Kurt Cobain

Wisdom

I never wanted to sing. I just wanted to play rhythm guitar - hide in the back and just play.

— Kurt Cobain

Wisdom

We're so trendy we can't even escape ourselves.

— Kurt Cobain

Wisdom

It's okay to eat fish because they don't have any feelings.

— Kurt Cobain

Wisdom

The worst crime is faking it.

— Kurt Cobain

Wisdom

I've had this terrible stomach problem for years, and that has made touring difficult. People would see me sitting in the corner by myself looking sick and gloomy. The reason is that I was trying to fight against the stomach pain, trying to hold my food down. People looked me and assumed I was some kind of addict.

— Kurt Cobain

Wisdom

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.

— Kurt Cobain

Life

I like to complain and do nothing to make things better.

— Kurt Cobain

Wisdom

Throughout my life, I've always been really close with girls and made friends with girls. And I've always been a really sickly, feminine person anyhow, so I thought I was gay for a while because I didn't find any of the girls in my high school attractive at all.

— Kurt Cobain

Friendship

Rap music is the only vital form of music introduced since punk rock.

— Kurt Cobain

Wisdom

A friend is nothing but a known enemy.

— Kurt Cobain

Friendship

I'm not well-read, but when I read, I read well.

— Kurt Cobain

Wisdom

Out of all the guitars in the whole world, the Fender Mustang is my favorite. They're cheap and totally inefficient, and they sound like crap and are very small.

— Kurt Cobain

Life