Kurt Cobain Quotes

I'm so happy because today I found my friends - they're in my head.

Who needs action when you got words?

All in all is all we are.

I'm thought of as this pissy, complaining, freaked-out schizophrenic who wants to kill himself all the time.

I've always had a problem with the average macho man - they've always been a threat to me.

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.

If chasing cool is important to you, you're an idiot!

Don't read my diary when I'm gone.

I mean I like to be passionate and sincere but I also like to have fun and act like a dork.

Don't expect me to die for you.

If you ever need anything please don't hesitate to ask someone else first.

I like to make people feel happy and superior in their reaction towards my appearance.

America may be the land of the free, but there are definitely more ignorant people there. Most of the population are semi-retarded.

By definition pop is extremely catchy, whether you like it or not.

None of you will ever know what I am thinking.

Vadalism: beautiful as a rock in a cop's face.

I've never been more confused in my life, but at the same time I've never been more satisfied with what we've done.

I want to do something different, really different, and if it alienates people that's too bad.

The finest day i ever had was when tomorrow never came.

My mother encouraged me to be artistic. It was written in a contract at an early age that I would be an artist.

I'd rather hang out with the losers that would sit and smoke a cigarette than the ones who wanted to throw a baseball.

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

Hope I die before I turn into Pete Townshend. It would look ridiculous to do what we're doing now when I'm 40. That's why I want to destroy my career before it's too late.

A miserable, self-destructive, death rocker...better to burn out than to fade away.

Maybe we can change some kid's life & stop him from becoming a welder or a sleazy lawyer.

There is nothing I like more than pure underground music

I just hope I don't become so blissful I become boring. I think I'll always be neurotic enough to do something weird.

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'm going to be a superstar musician, kill myself, and go out in a flame of glory.

Total peace after death, becoming someone else, is the best hope I've got.

You can't buy happiness

You know what I hate about rock? I hate tie-dyed tee shirts. I wouldn't wear a tie-dyed tee shirt unless it was dyed with the urine of Phil Collins and the blood of Jerry Garcia.

I was accepted by cool people because the cheerleaders thought I was cute. The jocks knew the jock-girls thought I was cute. I just chose not to hang around with them.

I like to have strong opinions with nothing to back them up with besides my primal sincerity. I like sincerity. I lack sincerity.

Expression and the right to express is vital, anyone can be artistic.

My songs have always had frustrating themes - relationships I've had

Believe everything you read

My father is incapable of showing much affection, or even of carrying on a conversation. I didn't want to have a relationship with him just because he's my blood relative. It would bore me.

People ask me what's like to hear our song on the radio. I don't know, I don't listen to the radio

I’m not going to say a damn word about it being tough; I’m having the best time of my life!

I've always quit jobs without telling the employer that I was quitting; I just wouldn't show up one day.

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.

The future of rock belongs to women.

I bought a gun and chose drugs instead.

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.

When I listen to 'Nevermind,' I hate the production, but there's something about it that almost makes me cry at times.

I would love to be erased from our association with Pearl Jam or the Nymphs and other first time offenders.

Don't expect me to cry for the wrong reasons.

You create attention to attract attention.

There is nothing I can say that I haven't thought before.