I decided that in order to become a big famous rock star, I would need to write my very own songs instead of wasting my time learning other peoples music too much. It may act as an obstruction in developing your very own personal style.
Life isn't nearly as sacred as the appreciation of passion.
My songs have always been frustrating themes, relationships that I've had. And now that I'm in love, I expect it to be really happy, or at least there won't be half as much anger as there was.
I wanted to have the adoration of John Lennon but have the anonymity of Ringo Starr. I didn't want to be a frontman. I just wanted to be back there and still be a rock and roll star at the same time.
I feel compelled to say fuck you fuck you to those of you who have absolutely no regard for me as a person. You have raped me harder than you'll ever know. So again I say fuck you although this phrase has totally lost its meaning. FUCK YOU! FUCK YOU.
I sing and play the guitar, and I'm a walking, talking bacterial infection.
People think of life as being so sacred and they feel like this is their only chance and they have to do something with their life and make an impact As far as I'm concerned, it's just a pitstop for the afterlife. It's just a little test to see how you can handle reality.
To wish you were someone else is to waste the person you are.
I would rather be hated for what I am, then loved for what I am not.
When I heard the Pixies for the first time, I connected with that band so heavily I should have been in that band - or at least in a Pixies cover band.
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 mean I like to be passionate and sincere but I also like to have fun and act like a dork. Geeks unite.
I feel this society somewhere has lost its sense of what art is. Art is expression. In expression, you need 100% full freedom and our freedom to express our art is seriously being fucked with. Fuck, the word 'fuck' has many connotations as does the word 'art'.
I've never been a very prolific person, so when creativity flows, it flows. I find myself scribbling on little notepads and pieces of loose paper, which results in a very small portion of my writings to ever show up in true form.
My heart is broke but I have some glue.
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.
Rape is one of the most terrible crimes on earth and it happens every few minutes. The problem with groups who deal with rape is that they try to educate women about how to defend themselves. What really needs to be done is teaching men not to rape. Go to the source and start there.
I don't blame the average seventeen-year-old punk-rock kid for calling me a sellout. I understand that. And maybe when they grow up a little bit, they'll realize there's more things to life than living out your rock & roll identity so righteously.
I've always had a problem with the average macho man - they've always been a threat to me.
Kids don't care about rock and roll as much as they used to, as the other generations have. It's already turned into nothing but a fashion statement and an identity for kids to use as a tool for them to fuck and have a social life.
I like to complain and do nothing to make things better.
The sun is gone, but I have a light.
Drugs are a waste of time. They destroy your memory and your self-respect and everything that goes along with with your self esteem.
I don't need to be inspired any longer, just supported.
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.
Hi, my name is Kurt Cobain, I'm homosexual, I'm a pagan, I'm a drug abuser, and I like to fuck pot-bellied pigs!
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.
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.
I have very bad posture.
Rap music is the only vital form of music introduced since punk rock.
Before I die many will die with me and they'll deserve it. See you in Hell.
Every time I see documentaries or infomercials about little kids with cancer, I just freak out. It affects me on the highest emotional level... Anytime I think about it, it makes me sadder than anything I can think of.
I'm too busy acting like I'm not Naive. I've seen it all, I was here first.
They laugh at me because I'm different; I laugh at them because they're all the same.
I just hope I don't become so blissful I become boring. I think I'll always be neurotic enough to do something weird.
The worst crime is faking it.
Nobody dies a virgin... Life fucks us all.
My mother encouraged me to be artistic. It was written in a contract at an early age that I would be an artist.
Forever in debt to your priceless advice.
The duty of youth is to challenge corruption.
I wanted to be in a punk band before I had even heard any punk music.
I would like to get rid of the homophobes, sexists, and racists in our audience. I know they're out there and it really bothers me.
I'm on my time with everyone.
You can't buy happiness.
I get a thrill meeting kids who are into alternative music.
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.
I'm really interested in smells. I think I'd like to own a perfumery someday.
My heart is broke, but I have some glue, help me inhale and mend it with you.
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.
