The 12 best quotes of Kurt Cobain
On February 20th would be Kurt Cobain 50 years old. The singer, guitarist and songwriter of Nirvana died in April 1994 at the age of 27 of a self -inflicted gunshot wound. In his lifetime, Cobain was the head of an international phenomenon. And became not only the best-known representative of the Grunge scene in Seattle, but also to the icon of an entire generation of dismissed young people.
He was the exact opposite of all rock gods who came in front of him. A star that seemed to loathe his own fame while he campaigned for feminism and gay rights as well as for the authenticity of the old school punk.
In honor of a legacy that has become even stronger since his death, you will find 12 quotes from Cobain, which reflect his wisdom and beliefs.
The 12 best quotes of Kurt Cobain
“I’m upset about everything”
“Most of the time I am such a nihilistic idiot. Sometimes I am so damn sarcastic. And then I’m still vulnerable and so sincerely. So pretty much all my songs are created. They are a mixture of both, and so people are my age. I’m just as mad at the things that made me angry a few years ago. I am generally angry with everything. So all of these songs are pretty much on my fight with the things that make me angry. ” – Come as you are: The Story of Nirvana By Michael Azerrad
Become personal
“Most of my songs are very personal when it comes to emotions and experiences that I have made in my life. But most of the topics of the songs are not so personal. There are more stories from television, books, films or friends. But the emotions and feelings definitely come from me. ” – Rolling Stone,, 1992
A request to the fans
“At this point I have a request to our fans. If one of you hates homosexuals, people of other skin color or women in any way, please do us a favor. Let’s damn it in peace! Does not come to our shows and don’t buy our plates. ” – Incesticide Liner Notes, 1992
“It was the anger I felt”
“Although I heard Aerosmith and Led Zeppelin and some of the melodies they had written, it really took many years to realize that much of it had to do with sexism. The way they simply wrote about their cocks and sex. I was just beginning to understand what had really made me so angry in the last few years. And then punk rock came up and everything fit together. It just matched like a puzzle. It expressed my social and political feelings. Just everything. Do you understand? It was the anger I felt. The alienation. ” – Blank on blank1993
“I definitely feel closer to the female side”
“I definitely feel closer to the female side of man than the male. Or the American idea of what a man should be. Just take a look at a beer advertising. You will see what I mean. ” – Rolling Stone1992
“Hanging out with girls”
“Because I couldn’t find friends, male friends with whom I felt connected, I met a lot with girls. And I always had the feeling that they were not treated with respect, especially because women are simply totally suppressed. I mean, the words “bitch” and “cunt” were totally common. “ Blank on blank1993
“Everything I can do is scream”
“We have this conflict between good and evil and man and woman because there are people who do other people to do badly bad, and I just want to beat them out of their bodies. That is the quintessence. Everything I can do is instead screaming in a microphone. ” –Come as you are: The Story of Nirvana
The 12 best quotes of Kurt Cobain
“Rapmusik has been the only living form for punk”
“I think rap music is the only lively form of music that has moved back into music since punk rock. I would never make rap music. No. That just has no sense. The people who do rap music do it well. I usually feel attacked by people like Vanilla ICE and such people. The white have excluded the blacks long enough. You should leave the rap music to the African Americans because they can do it so well and it is so important to them. ” –Billboard1991
The goal is love
“I don’t think Courtney and I are so screwed up. We lacked love all our lives, and we need them so much that if there is a goal we have, it is to give Frances as much love as possible, as much support as possible. This is the only thing I know that it won’t go wrong. ” – Rolling Stone1994
Change priorities
“The band is no longer as important to me as before. I know that sounds shitty, but the band used to be the only thing that was important to me in my life, and now I have a woman and a child. I still love the band, but she is no longer the only thing I live for. ” – – Spin1992
“I thought I was gay”
“I even thought I was gay. I thought that could be the solution to my problem. Although I never experimented with it, I had a gay friend and then my mother no longer allowed me to be friends with him because she was homophobic. It was really devastating because I had finally found a male friend that I actually hugged and which I was, and we talked about many things. ” – Blank on blank1993
Luck
“I just hope that I will not be so happy that I get bored. I think I will always be neurotic enough to do something strange. ” – Rolling Stone1994