Top 220 Quotes & Sayings by Kurt Cobain - Page 4

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.

Absolutely. Slade! A band that would never bend over.

With the lights out, It's less dangerous. Here we are now, Entertain us. I feel stupid, And contagious. Here we are now. Entertain us.

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

I'm all for stage diving, but just don't step on my pedals

We were just amazed we were putting out a record. We were, and are, still learning. But we've never cared much for professionalism as long as the energy was there. Like our live shows: We're out of tune and use a lot of feedback. That's not on purpose or because we don't care, we're just musically and rhythmically retarded and we play so hard that we can't tune our guitars fast enough.

I like the comfort in knowing that women are the only future in rock and roll.

I wish I would tell our audience that we don't hate them without sounding cheesy.

I called Leo Fender, the dead guy, a dork. Now I'll never get an endorsement.

My mother always tried to keep a little bit of British culture in our family. We'd drink tea all the time!

The worst crime I could think of would be to pull people off by faking it, pretending as if I'm having 100% fun.

I have very bad posture.

If it was up to me, I'd get more oil tanker drivers drunk. I don't value music much. I like the Beatles, but I hate Paul McCartney. I like Led Zeppelin, but I hate Robert Plant. I like the Who, but I hate Roger Daltrey.

There are some pop songs I hate but I can't get them out of my head. Our songs also have the standard pop format: Verse, chorus, verse, chorus, solo, bad solo. All in all, I think we sound like The Knack and the Bay City Rollers being molested by Black Flag and Black Sabbath.

If I went to jail, at least I wouldn't have to sign autographs.

Holding Frances in my arms is the best drug in the world.

I wish there had been a music business 101 course I could have taken.

Load up our guns Bring your friends It's fun to lose and to pretend

There is plenty of Hühnerfleisch in the Kühlschrank. (There is plenty of chicken in the fridge).

I just can't believe that anyone would start a band just to make the scene and be cool and have chicks. I just can't believe it.

She eyes me like a pisces.

I'll be the first to admit that we're the 90's version of Cheap Trick or the Knack...

all i want...is mac and cheese

People are coming to shows on the strength of one song. I guess that's the way it goes.

Thank you all from the pit of my burning, nauseous stomach for your letters and concern during the past years.

We're just musically and rhythmically retarded. We play so hard that we can't tune our guitars fast enough. People can relate to that.

I remember feeling ashamed, for some reason. I was ashamed of my parents. I couldn't face some of my friends at school anymore, because I desperately wanted to have the classic, you know, typical family. Mother, father. I wanted that security, so I resented my parents for quite a few years because of that.

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

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.

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

That's what music is: entertainment. The more you put yourself into it, the more of you comes out in it.

I’m worse at what I do best.

The future of rock belongs to women.

And I swear that I don't have a gun.

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

There is nothing I like more than pure underground music

What people don't realize is that the so-called Seattle grunge scene grew out of several close-knit gourmet supper clubs - we would only pick up guitars to pass the time while our dishes were simmering, baking, boiling, etc.

Here we are now, entertain us.

Why in the hell do journalists insist on coming up with a second rate Freudian evaluation on my lyrics when 90% of the time they've transcribed the lyrics incorrectly?