quotes about Cobain
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People looked to Kurt Cobain because his songs captured what they felt before they knew they felt it.
-- Anthony DeCurtisSource : Anthony DeCurtis (1998). “Rocking my life away: writing about music and other matters”, Duke University Press Books
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I always thought it was strange when these artists like Kurt Cobain or whoever would get really famous and say, 'I don't understand why this is happening to me.' There is a mathematical formula to why you got famous. It isn't some magical thing that just started happening.
-- Chad KroegerSource : "Our Hate Has Saved Nickelback" by Ian Crouch, www.newyorker.com. November 20, 2014.
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[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.
-- Courtney Love -
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.
-- Frances Bean Cobain -
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How is it possible that Courtney Love looks worse than Kurt Cobain?
-- Jeff RossSource : "Comedy Central Roast of Pamela Anderson". Documentary, Comedy, www.imdb.com. 2005.
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I feel like the Kurt Cobain of my generation, but people just don’t understand me,
-- Justin Bieber -
Kurt Cobain was, ladies and gentleman, I just--he was a worthless shred of human debris...
-- Rush Limbaugh -
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.
-- St. Vincent -
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I don't wanna be Courtney Love - I wanna be Kurt Cobain.
-- Taylor MomsenSource : "'Gossip Girl' star Taylor Momsen talks her debut single, upcoming album, and why she doesn't like pants". Interview With Tim Stack, ew.com. April 22, 2010.
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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.
-- Theresa Wayman -
You have Kurt [Cobain], and he's singing about your experiences. They're our collective experiences.
-- 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.
-- Brett Morgen -
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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.
-- 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.
-- Brett Morgen -
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
-- Brett Morgen