“And if I'm honest about it, I was obsessed with Nirvana and Pearl Jam. This is like '92, right in the throes of Soundgarden and Pearl Jam and Nirvana. I think I probably wanted to be Kurt Cobain.” IfsThinkingWantedHonestObsessedPearlsJamCobainPearl Jam Author:St. Vincent
“I don't think of Kurt as 'Kurt Cobain from Nirvana'. I think of him as 'Kurt'. It's something that comes back all the time. Almost every day.” ThinkingCobain Author:Dave Grohl
“In Utero is a testament to the artistic vision of Kurt Cobain. It's kind of a weird record, and it's strangely beautiful at the same time. And if you look at Kurt's paintings and his drawings - he even did a sculpture for me - it's a rising, tortured-spirit person. It's kind of weird. It's done well, but it's like what Dave was saying about having your own sound. Kurt was a great songwriter. He knew he had a good ear for a hook [and was] a great singer, great guitar player, and In Utero is a good representation of what he liked in art and how he expressed himself.” IfsWellsLooksKindPersonsArtDoneBeautifulSpiritSoundVisionRecordsPlayerPaintingEarsGuitarDrawingSingersArtisticRisingSongwritersRepresentationTestamentHookSculptureGuitar PlayerDaveArtistic VisionCobain Author:Krist Novoselic
“I don't feel like I'm half as important as Elliott Smith or Kurt Cobain. And I'm not going to be somebody that became so unhappy that he succumbed.” FeelsImportantHalfUnhappyCobain Author:Christopher Owens
“I think Kurt Cobain and Nirvana represent this giant wave that came crashing in and turned music on its head again, and there's definitely something to be said for that.” ThinkingSaidWaveGiantsCobain Author:Pete Wentz
“I like strong/vulnerable interesting women, and then sometimes I like painting beautiful men, like Kurt Cobain, or Mr Darcy.” MenSometimesBeautifulStrongInterestingPaintingVulnerableDarcyCobain Author:Stella Vine
“When someone like Kurt Cobain or Jack White comes out, they didn't go, "He sounds just like Muddy Waters," did they? They just said, "He's great, he sounds like him." When women come out and men write about them, they tend to write about them in a way that other men can understand, which sometimes can seem a bit patronizing.” MenWayWritingSaidSometimesSeemsBitsSoundWaterWhiteMuddyCobainPatronizing Author:Shingai Shoniwa
“I was doing that [a collaboration with Kurt Cobain] to try to save his life. The collaboration was me calling up as an excuse to reach out to this guy. He was in a really bad place.” TryingGuyCallingExcuseCollaborationReach OutThis GuyCobain Author:Michael Stipe
“I knew [Kurt Cobain] and his daughter. And Courtney [Love] came and stayed at my house. R.E.M. worked on two records in Seattle and Peter Buck lived next door to Kurt and Courtney. So we all knew each other. I reached out to him with that project as an attempt to prevent what was going to happen.” TwoHappensNextHouseRecordsDoorsProjectsDaughterPeterBucksSeattleCobainCourtney Author:Michael Stipe
“I simply constructed a project to try to snap Kurt [Cobain] out of a frame of mind. I sent him a plane ticket and a driver, and he tacked the plane ticket to the wall in the bedroom and the driver sat outside the house for 10 hours. Kurt wouldn't come out and wouldn't answer the phone.” TryingMindHouseHoursAnswersWallProjectsPhonesPlanesSatDriversTicketsBedroomSnapsFrame Of MindCobain Author:Michael Stipe
“I never really knew about my ancestors until this year, when I learned that the name Cobain was Irish. My parents had never bothered to find that stuff out.” YearsNamesStuffParentAncestorBotheredCobain Author:Kurt Cobain
“Stephen Hawking: Brainier than Kurt Cobain's garage wall.” HumorFunnyWallGarageCobain Author:Frankie Boyle
“You don't have to come from Trinidad to really love Harry Belafonte, you don't have to come from the West Coast to appreciate the simplicity and the beauty of the songs Kurt Cobain wrote.” SongAppreciateWestSimplicityCoastWest CoastCobainTrinidad Author:Seth Avett
“I wish Kurt Cobain didn't die. I really don't know where he'd be right now, I don't know what he'd be like. I just like to fantasize that he would like our band and he would know what we were up to.” KnowsDiesWishRight NowBandCobain Author:Theresa Wayman
“I think so much of our society is geared towards mainstream media and pop culture and so forth. And there's a huge divide between the artist and the fan. And with indie culture that wall is removed. You actually do see the musicians walking around enjoying the show. It's a distinctly different culture and for the 99% of Nirvana fans that caught up with them with Nevermind, my book is gonna give them a whole different take on Kurt [Cobain] and the band.” ThinkingGivingBookDifferentWholeShowsArtistCultureEnjoyFansMediaHugeWallWalkingBandMusicianCaughtPopsOur SocietyDividesMainstreamCaught UpPop CultureDifferent CulturesMainstream MediaCobainNevermind Author:Bruce Pavitt
“Kurt (Cobain) was a fan of my standup, which was pretty weird. I know when people hear that, it's kind of like finding out that Jimi Hendrix really liked Buddy Hackett, but he interviewed me at a college radio station before they broke and did Bleach. And then, like, about two years later, I was opening for Nirvana at these huge sports arenas.” PeopleKnowsYearsKindTwoSportsFansCollegeHugeFindingsRadioOpeningBrokeTwo YearsStationsArenaBuddyHendrixRadio StationsBleachCobain Author:Bobcat Goldthwait
“The perception of him as brooding and dark and miserable, that is baloney. Kurt Cobain was a funny dude.” DarkPerceptionMiserableBroodingCobainBaloney Author:Krist Novoselic
“Kurt [Cobain], from the moment he could hold a paintbrush in his hand, was painting. And from the moment he could hold a guitar, he was playing” MomentsHandsPaintingGuitarCobainPaintbrush Author:Brett Morgen
“One thing about Kurt [Cobain] is before he was a musician, and before he was a rock star, he was an artist, and an artist with a capital A. What that means is that he had to create. It wasn't something that he chose to do - it chose him.” MeanArtistStarsOne ThingRocksMusicianRock StarCobain Author:Brett Morgen
“Kurt [Cobain ]was a feminist. A lot of the bashing against Courtney [Love] I think has to deal with gender bias and the media, and I think that he liked that she was taking the attention off of him.” ThinkingDealsAttentionMediaFeministGenderBiasCobainGender BiasCourtney Author:Brett Morgen
“I never met Kurt Cobain, but I felt like I got to know him in a manner probably more intimate than anyone I've known outside of my family.” KnowsFeltKnownMetsMy FamilyIntimateCobain Author:Brett Morgen
“I've never had access to another person's art and work or, particularly, someone who is as prolific and was able to externalize his interior world as deeply as Kurt [Cobain] could.” WorldPersonsArtAbleAccessInteriorsCobain Author:Brett Morgen
“Everybody feels protective and possessive about Kurt [Cobain] , and I think that can be attributed to his unique gift, an ability to touch our lives, and make us feel like he's our friend.” ThinkingFeelsAbilityOur LivesUniqueProtectivePossessiveCobainUnique Gifts Author:Brett Morgen
“You have Kurt [Cobain], and he's singing about your experiences. They're our collective experiences.” SingingCollectivesCobain Author:Brett Morgen
“I don't know, but I always loved that image of a girl putting toenail polish on a guy - her boyfriend, or something like that. Or a guy waking up in the morning and reaching over and putting on his girlfriend's shirt. Like Keith Richards putting on one of Anita Pallenberg's blouses, or Courtney Love putting nail polish on Kurt Cobain.” KnowsGuyGirlMorningWake UpShirtsGirlfriendReachingWakingNailsPolishKeithWaking Up In The MorningCobainNail PolishCourtneyBlousesToenails Author:Marc Jacobs
“Kurt Cobain, when he did his videos, you look into his eyes and he couldn't even face the camera; he was in pain and I'm angry about Kurt. This guy didn't have to die.” LooksEyePainFacesGuyDiesCamerasAngryVideoHis EyesThis GuyCobain Author:Steven Tyler
“Kurt Cobain was Nirvana. He named the band, hired its members, played guitar, wrote the songs, fronted the band onstage and in interviews, and took responsibility for the band's business decisions.” SongDecisionResponsibilityBandMembersGuitarInterviewsCobainBusiness Decisions Author:Courtney Love
“I'm like part of the Kurt Cobain school of writing lyrics, which is the syntax of the words is more important than... is where it all comes from.” WritingImportantSchoolSyntaxCobain Author:Zachary Cole Smith
“You think about people like Elvis, Kurt Cobain, or the Beatles, who grew up without privilege and needed a certain validation through peoples' acceptance, or admiration from their peers. And money is part of that, but it always comes too late.” PeopleThinkingCertainAcceptanceGrewNeededLateGrew UpPrivilegeToo LateAdmirationPeersValidationCobain Author:Bradford Cox
“Kurt Cobain represents a very legit, realistic outlook. Before that, in my head, to be a white artist was to be privileged.” ArtistWhiteRealisticPrivilegedOutlookCobainLegit Author:Questlove
“To be told that you're the voice of your generation is such an incredible amount of pressure, and I haven't faced that. Maybe by the time our third record rolls around, I will. My goals are to be a band like that in five years. At the moment, though, I can't really relate in any sense to the scale that Kurt Cobain fame has reached.” YearsI CanMomentsGoalVoiceRecordsFiveGenerationsHavensAmountFameBandThirdsPressureIncrediblesScalesRelateFive YearsCobain Author:Zachary Cole Smith
“Kanye West talks about being Axl Rose, being Kurt Cobain, being Jim Morrison. Adam Levine is selling acne ointment to teenagers.” RoseWestSellingTeenagerAdamCobainAcne Author:Ian Astbury
“I feel it's such a tragic thing [Kurt Cobain's suicide]. Here is a guy, a young guy, that had everything in his hands. He could have had a great life. He had a wife, he had a child, he had a fantastic career. He was important to a generation. And for him to do that - I didn't like that. I thought that was just wrong.” FeelsChildrenImportantHandsYoungGuyCareersWifeGenerationsSuicideFantasticTragicYoung GuysCobain Author:Sammy Hagar
“And for him [Kurt Cobain] to do that [suicide] - I didn't like that. I thought that was just wrong. It just sent a bad message to a troubled generation.” GenerationsMessagesSuicideCobain Author:Sammy Hagar
“I wish I would have known Kurt Cobain. I would have been the first guy there to get him help, doing anything I could have. I just felt like the people around him kind of let him down.” PeopleFirstsKindHas BeensHelpingGuyWishFeltKnownCobain Author:Sammy Hagar
“If Nirvana had remained a small, underground punk rock band, Kurt Cobain would still be alive. And he'd probably be living in Seattle, getting kind of fat and balding, be relatively happy and producing records for other people.” PeopleIfsKindStillsRecordsAliveRocksBandFatsPunkPunk RockSeattleRock BandsCobain Author:Moby
“I remember the first time I saw the 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' video. I will never forget that day. I just wanted to see Kurt Cobain's face. I had a feeling he was very cute. But, I couldn't see his face. When I finally did see him, he was even cuter than I imagined!” FirstsFeelingsWantedRememberFacesSpiritForgetSawsFirst TimeSmellVideoCuteNever ForgetCobainVery Cute Author:Shakira
“I didn't know Kurt Cobain or Amy Winehouse, but I was affected by both of their deaths because I admired their work so much and mourned their youth and work they would never produce.” KnowsYouthProduceAffectedAmyCobain Author:Patti Smith
“I used to love Kurt Cobain, when he was telling people we're a pop band. People would laugh, they thought of it as good old ironic Kurt. But he wasn't being ironic.” PeopleUsedLaughingBandPopsIronicUsed To LoveCobainPop Bands Author:Bono
“[Kurt Cobain] had a lot of German in him. Some Irish. But no Jew. I think that if he had had a little Jew he would have [expletive] stuck it out.” IfsThinkingLittlesJewStuckIrelandCobainExpletives Author:Courtney Love
“Kurt Cobain OD'd on heroin before committing suicide, but he also OD'd on fame. Cobain was like Basquiat: They both wanted to be famous, and were brilliant enough to make it happen. But then what? Drug addicts kill themselves trying to get that feeling they got from their first high, looking for an experience they'll never get again. In his suicide note, Cobain asked himself, "Why don't you just enjoy it?" and then answered, "I don't know!" It's amazing how much of a mindfuck success can be.” KnowsTryingFirstsEnoughFeelingsHappensWantedEnjoyDrugFameSuicideNotesBrilliantAddictMake It HappenHeroinDrug AddictCommitting SuicideCobainSuicide NoteBasquiat Book:Decoded (Enhanced Edition) Source: Decoded (Enhanced Edition)
“I'm a different person. I don't want to be titled as Courtney Love and Kurt Cobain's daughter. I want to be thought of as Frances Cobain.” WantPersonsDifferentMotherDaughterFranceCobainCourtney Author:Frances Bean Cobain
“It's all magic to me. Country to punk rock, all of it. Chopin to Kurt Cobain. But it always all comes back to punk for me, because that was the last time, punk rock or grunge rock, was the last time that passion ruled the airwaves” CountryLastsPassionMagicRocksPunkLast TimePunk RockGrungeCobain Author:James Marsters
“How is it possible that Courtney Love looks worse than Kurt Cobain?” LooksCobainCourtney Author:Jeff Ross
“Im doing pretty good as far as geniuses go ... Im like a machine. Im a robot. You cannot offend a robot ... Im going down as a legend, whether or not you like me or not. I am the new Jim Morrison. I am the new Kurt Cobain ... The Bible had 20, 30, 40, 50 characters in it. You dont think that I would be one of the characters of todays modern Bible?” ThinkingCharacterWould BeTodayModernGeniusMachinesLike MeLegendsRobotsCobainLike Me Or Not Author:Kanye West
“It had a huge impact on me, ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ – and I was very proud when I found out that Kurt Cobain was a fan of mine. I thought he was awesome.” SpiritFoundFansMinesHugeProudImpactSmellCobain Author:Ozzy Osbourne
“I always thought Kurt Cobain was the perfect embodiment of the great alternative guitar player.” PerfectPlayerGuitarAlternativesGuitar PlayerEmbodimentCobain Author:Billy Corgan