Do your own thing. Others own their own thing. If you copy too much, you’ll find yourself in late night cocktail lounge cover band limbo.
KURT COBAINMy mother encouraged me to be artistic. It was written in a contract at an early age that I would be an artist.
More Kurt Cobain Quotes
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I don’t care what you think unless it is about me.
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The day is done. I’m having fun. I think I’m dumb. Or maybe just happy.
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Music is first, lyrics are secondary.
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Oh well, whatever, nevermind.
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Forever in debt to your priceless advice.
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Just because it’s all you want, doesn’t mean it’s all you need.
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You can’t buy happiness.
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I have met many minds able to store and translate a pregnantly large amount of information, yet they haven’t an ounce of talent for wisdom or the appreciation of passion.
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I’m on my time with everyone.
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The duty of youth is to challenge corruption.
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The worst crime is faking it.
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Rape is one of the most terrible crimes on earth and it happens every few minutes. The problem with groups who deal with rape is that they try to educate women about how to defend themselves. What really needs to be done is teaching men not to rape.
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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.
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The world sucks, people are not true.
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Music is energy. A mood, atmosphere. Feeling.
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Practice makes perfect, but nobody’s perfect, so why practice?
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Drugs are a waste of time. They destroy your memory and your self-respect and everything that goes along with your self esteem.
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She eyes me like a Pisces when I am weak, I’ve been locked inside your heart-shaped box for weeks.
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I was tired of pretending that I was someone else just to get along with people, just for the sake of having friendships.
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Still never had any friends because I hate everyone for they were so phony.
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Here we are now, entertain us.
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If you ever need anything please don’t hesitate to ask someone else first.
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It’s better to burn out than to fade away.
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No True Talent is fully organic.
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Who needs action when you got words?
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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.
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