My mother encouraged me to be artistic. It was written in a contract at an early age that I would be an artist.
KURT COBAINPunk 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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Please read my diary, look through my things and figure me out.
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None of you will ever know what I am thinking.
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I want to do something different, really different, and if it alienates people that’s too bad.
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You can’t buy happiness.
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Total peace after death, becoming someone else, is the best hope I’ve got.
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Life isn’t nearly as sacred as the appreciation of passion.
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Still never had any friends because I hate everyone for they were so phony.
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Music is energy. A mood, atmosphere. Feeling.
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If you die you’re completely happy and your soul somewhere lives on.
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I would like to get rid of the homophobes, sexists, and racists in our audience. I know they’re out there and it really bothers me.
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I knew I was different. I thought that I might be gay or something because I couldn’t identify with any of the guys at all. None of them liked art or music. They just wanted to fight and get laid. It was many years ago but it gave me this real hatred for the average American macho male.
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I like to make people feel happy and superior in their reaction towards my appearance.
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No matter what you do or say, there’s nothing that you can do to make people understand you.
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I won’t eat anything green.
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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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The day is done. I’m having fun. I think I’m dumb. Or maybe just happy.
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Humans are stupid. I’m ashamed to be human.
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Oh well, whatever, nevermind.
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Holding my baby is the best drug in the world.
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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.
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I didn’t know how to deal with success. If there was a Rock Star 101, I would have liked to take it. It might have helped me.
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You create attention to attract attention.
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Music is first, lyrics are secondary.
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The worst crime is faking it.
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I didn’t find any of the girls in my high school attractive at all.
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I’m worse at what I do best.
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