Alternative music is no longer alternative once it’s in the mainstream. Kurt Cobain More Quotes by Kurt Cobain More Quotes From Kurt Cobain 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 rocks pain mean We were the chosen rejects. We chose not to be apart of the popular crowd. I mean, I can rember a lot of times the more popular people, the 'jock type' of people who were into sports, and staying clean, and brushing there teeth all the time, they always asked me if I wanted to join their little club, and i decided not to, you know, I would rather hang out with the people who didn't get picked for the baseball team, you know, who smoke cigarettes and listen to rock 'n' roll music. Kurt Cobain team baseball sports 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. Kurt Cobain impact reality thinking I liked anything that was a little bit weird, a little bit different. I always went for the psychotic, weird, 'dingey' bands. Kurt Cobain band different littles 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 dying soul hope 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. Kurt Cobain fighting real art My generation's apathy. I'm disgusted with it. I'm disgusted with my own apathy too, for being spineless and not always standing up against racism, sexism and all those other -isms the counterculture has been whining about for years. Kurt Cobain honesty courage fear A friend is nothing but a known enemy. Kurt Cobain truthful known enemy I thought I would try to be gay for a while, but I'm just more sexually attracted to women. But I'm really glad that I found a few gay friends, because it totally saved me from becoming a monk or something. Kurt Cobain becoming gay trying Don't read my diary when I'm gone. Kurt Cobain gone diaries I will get stoned and worship Satan. Kurt Cobain satan worship We have no right to express an opinion until we know all of the answers. Kurt Cobain opinion answers reality If it's illegal to rock and roll, throw my ass in jail! Kurt Cobain rock-and-roll rocks jail I had a really good childhood up until I was nine years old. Then a classic case of divorce really affected me and I moved back and forth between relatives all the time. And I just became extremely depressed and withdrawn. Kurt Cobain divorce childhood classic 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. Kurt Cobain theme half song 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 guitar pain two I was looking for something a lot heavier, yet melodic at the same time. Something different from heavy metal, a different attitude. Kurt Cobain heavy-metal different attitude 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 wish complaining life I hate myself, and I want to die Kurt Cobain suicidal sad hate I mean I like to be passionate and sincere but I also like to have fun and act like a dork. Kurt Cobain passionate fun mean
