Quotes by Kurt Cobain

About Kurt Cobain:

Kurt Donald Cobain was an American musician who was best known as the lead singer, guitarist, and primary songwriter of the rock band Nirvana. Cobain formed Nirvana with Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington, in 1985 and established it as part of the Seattle music scene, having its debut album Bleach released on the independent record label Sub Pop in 1989.
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If you ever need anything please don't hesitate to ask someone else first.

Kurt Cobain

I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.

Kurt Cobain

The duty of youth is to challenge corruption.

Kurt Cobain

If it's illegal to rock and roll, throw my ass in jail!

Kurt Cobain

I started being really proud of the fact that I was gay even though I wasn't.

Kurt Cobain

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

Kurt Cobain

A friend is nothing but a known enemy.

Kurt Cobain

I'm left-handed, and it's not very easy to find reasonably priced, high-quality left-handed guitars. But out of all the guitars in the whole world, the Fender Mustang is my favorite. I've only owned two of them.

Kurt Cobain

Out of all the guitars in the whole world, the Fender Mustang is my favorite. They're cheap and totally inefficient, and they sound like crap and are very small.

Kurt Cobain

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

Kurt Cobain

I like to complain and do nothing to make things better.

Kurt Cobain

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.

Kurt Cobain

I'm too busy acting like I'm not Naive. I've seen it all, I was here first.

Kurt Cobain

We have no right to express an opinion until we know all of the answers.

Kurt Cobain

I've always wanted male friends that I could be real intimate with and talk about important things with and be as affectionate with that person as I would be with a girl.

Kurt Cobain

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

Kurt Cobain

We're so trendy we can't even escape ourselves.

Kurt Cobain

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.

Kurt Cobain

If I wouldn't have found Courtney, I probably would have carried on with a bisexual lifestyle.

Kurt Cobain

I'm not well-read, but when I read, I read well.

Kurt Cobain

I sing and play the guitar, and I'm a walking, talking bacterial infection.

Kurt Cobain

Author Bio

  • NameKurt Cobain
  • DescriptionAmerican musician and artist
  • BornFebruary 20, 1967
  • DiedApril 5, 1994
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionGuitarist; Singer-songwriter; Singer; Author; Composer; Musician