Nirvana's Palace - Nirvana Quotes

01) "You know what I hate about rock? I hate tie-dyed tee shirts. 
I wouldn't wear a tie-dyed tee shirt unless it was dyed with the urine of Phil Collins 
and the blood of Jerry Garcia." -Kurt Cobain, 1992 
Submitted by Aeraj Ahmed

02) "At this point I have a request for our fans. If any of you in any way hate 
homosexuals, people of different color, or women, please do this one favor for us - 
leave us the fuck alone! Don't come to our shows and don't buy our records." -Kurt 
Submitted by Samantha

03) "Our songs have the standard pop format: verse, chorus, verse, chorus, solo, 
bad solo. All in all we sound like the Knack and the Bay City Rollers being molested 
by Black Flag and Black Sabbath." -Kurt, on Nirvana's sound
Submitted by Adam

04) "Kurt chews bubble gum in his soul." -Courtney on Kurt's song writing 
Submitted by Rob

05) "I'm a walking talking bacterial infection!" -Kurt 
Submitted by Linden

06) "I was driving and 'Teen Spirit' came on the radio, and I thought 'God, that really 
sounds like shit!'" -Dave Grohl
Submitted by Aeraj Ahmed

07) "Hope I die before I turn into Pete Townshend. It would look ridiculous to do 
what we're doing now when I'm 40. That's why I want to destroy my career before it's 
too late." -Kurt
Submitted by Eric 

08) It's not some technical, masturbatory, 'see-what-I-can-do?' record." -Dave, 
on Nevermind
Submitted by Aeraj Ahmed 

09) "There was this guy who was about six-foot-seven, really huge. He's telling a story, 
and he's really loud and obnoxious and jumping around. Then there's this other tiny 
weasel of a guy sitting in a corner, not talking to anybody and looking like he's taking 
a shit." -Dave recounting his first encounter with Chris and Kurt 
Submitted by Aeraj Ahmed

10) "I don't want to be a fucking spokesperson." -Kurt 
Submitted by Rochelle

11) "It is better to burn out then fade away " -Kurt 
Submitted by Aeraj Ahmed

12) "I'd rather hang out with the losers that would sit and smoke a cigarette than the 
ones who wanted to throw a baseball." -Kurt
Submitted by Nin6667494

13) "I just don't like to get intimate. I don't want anyone to know what I feel and what I 
think, and if they can't get some kind of an idea of what sort of person I am through my 
music, then that's too bad." -Kurt
Submitted by KDCmanson

14) "Look, it's a giant Hollywood cigarette full of all sorts of 
nicotine and enough tar to cover a parking lot this size!" -Krist 
Submitted by Adam

15) "Kurt would have been shocked by the lasting impact he's made." -Dave Grohl 
Submitted by Ricky

16) "The worst crime I could think of would be to pull people off by faking it, 
pretending as if I'm having 100% fun.." -Kurt 
Submitted by Ricky

17) "I had a good marriage, and for that I'm grateful. But since the age of seven I have 
become hateful toward all humans in general only because it seems so easy for people 
to get along that have empathy." -Kurt 
Submitted by Ricky

18) "Dick is short for Richard, and Rich is short for Richard too. So rich people are 
dicks" - Dave Grohl 
Submitted by ?

19) "I never wanted the fame in any of this. But that is a whole different story." - Kurt 
Submitted by Ellyn

20) "The name of our band is pronounced "Nir-vah-nah", not "Nir-van-na" - Dave 
Submitted by Adam

21) "Even the guys in the safety patrol called me 'faggot'." -Kurt
Submitted by Michael

22) "Thank you all for coming, you've been a wonderful audience. Have a safe ride 
home. Remember not to drink and drive. Remember to vote. Remember not to jaywalk. 
Remember not to take drugs while in the company of a minor.... or in front of narcotics 
officers." - Chris 
Submitted by Pam 

23) KURT TALKS ABOUT GOING TO CAPITOL RECORDS AND MEETING A PROMO MAN: 
"He's this good old boy from Texas, looks like he would like to beat my mom up, I just 
wanted to dance on top of his desk with a dress on and piss all over the place. Then he asked me 
'So on that song "Polly" are you beatin' that bitch?', and I said 'Yes, I am.' we knew
this wasn't the label for us." 
Submitted by Pam

24) "Up until I was 9, I felt I could become a rock star or an astronaut or the 
president"-Kurt 
Submitted by Kelley

25) "I respect people who promote the way they feel sexually"-Kurt 
Submitted by Kelley

26) "My songs have always had frustrating themes-relationships I've had"-Kurt 
Submitted by Kelley

27) "I'll be the first to admit we're the 90's version of Cheap Trick or the Knack"-Kurt 
Submitted by Kelley

28) "There is nothing i like more than pure underground music"-Kurt 
Submitted by Kelley

29) "I don't want my daughter to grow up and someday be hassled by kids at school...
I don't want people telling her that her parents were junkies"-Kurt 
Submitted by Kelley

30) "Wearing a dress shows I can be as feminine as I want. I'm a heterosexual...
big deal, but if I was a homosexual, it wouldn't matter, either."-Kurt 
Submitted by Kelley

31) This is Kurt at a concert... "If you guys throw one more shoe or one more coin, 
I'm just going to leave my guitar next to my amp and there's going to be massive feed 
back for an hour." -Kurt 
Submitted by N1rVnABoyE

32) "Kill 'em all I say." -Chris 
Submitted by ??

33) "VANDALISM: as beautiful as a rock in a cop's face." -Kurt 
Submitted by Leon Tester/corrected by somebody who threatened to 
burn down my house if I didn't change it. Anybody want his/her e-mail address?

34) "Grunge is dead." -Kurt 
Submitted by Leon Tester

35) "If this bird goes down, this is the safest place to be." -Krist 
Submitted by BMu3795060

36) "Well, it's the Headbanger's Ball so I thought I'd wear a gown.  
But he wouldn't wear his tux.  He didn't give me a corsage, either." -Kurt   
"No.  Well, at least I asked you out" -Krist
Submitted by Kelcey

37) "I have to hear rumors about me all the time.  
I'm totally fucking sick of it."- Kurt
Submitted by Kelcey

38) "I think I was probably feeling a lot more contradictory a year-and-a-half ago, 
because I was blindly fighting and not even knowing what I was fighting for." -Kurt
Submitted by Nikki

39) This happened at a Foo Fighters concert some time ago...Fan: "Tom Grant is right" 
Dave: {Smiles and gives a thumbs-up sign} 
Submitted by u9702386

40) " All drugs are a waste of time.They destroy your memory and your self-respect 
and everything that goes along with your self-esteem....I've found they're a waste of 
time." -Kurt 
Submitted by coub

41) "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." -Kurt 
Submitted by Ken

42) "All my life, I never believed most things I read in history books and a lot of things 
I learned in school. But now I've found I don't have the right to make a judgment on 
someone based on something I've read. I don't have the right to judge anything. 
That's the lesson I've learned" -Kurt 
Submitted by Emma

43) "I knew when I first stated taken heroin that it would become boring, 
like marijuana, but you still have to do it, it becomes like breathing air !" -Kurt 
Submitted by Tim 

44) "We were the chosen rejects, we were the ones who weren't picked for the 
sports teams and the ones who liked to smoke cigarettes and listen to rock. " -Kurt 
Submitted by JGerber94 

45) "I wouldn't be surprised if I was voted most likely to kill everyone at a 
high school dance" -Kurt
Submitted by Kevin & Chris

46) "ALL ROCK MUSIC IS GOOD AS LONG AS IT HAS PASSION AND FEELING" -KURT 
Submitted by Kurt POGLITSCH

47) "I love everyone too much which makes me sad" -Kurt
Submitted by Niki Bunch

48) "There was just that feeling in the air, no one could quite pinpoint 
it, but we knew that we were a part of it, you know"  -Kurt 
Submitted by Matt

49) "Kurt Cobain was a sweet, gentle, often very funny guy, who had a major talent 
for rock and roll.  What a shame it is that he could not salvage anything for himself"
 -This quote was made by a presenter  on the 'MTV Tribute To Nirvana' documentary
Submitted by Matt

50) "Fuck it, man!" - Dave
Submitted by Peapod

51) "We proved that alternative music is a viable commodity" -Krist
Submitted by MICHAEL C.

52) "A big "fuck you" to those of you who have the audacity to claim that I'm so naive 
and stupid that I would allow myself to be taken advantage of and manipulated." -Kurt 
Submitted by Cancer2316

53) "If you hurt my wife in any way I'll hurt you." -Kurt 
Submitted by Cancer2316

54) "I knew that having a child I'd be overwhelmed and it's true... I can't tell you how 
much my attitude has changed since we've got Francis. Holding my baby is the best drug 
in the world." -Kurt 
Submitted by Jon

55) "What are they tuning? A harp? I thought we were a big rich rock band. 
We should have a bunch of extra guitars." --Kurt 
Submitted by ??

56) "I'm too sensitive. I need to be slightly numb in order to
regain the enthusiasm I once had as a child "- Kurt  
Submitted by Tamara

57) "I  know  that  most  of  you  out  there  like  us,  understand  what  we're  trying  
to  say, but  as for the rest  of  you,  I  FUCKING  HATE  YOU!! "- Kurt  
Submitted by Nicole

58) "Life is what you make of it, it's your crossword puzzle" -Kurt  
Submitted by Amanda

59) "I'm glad it's something new, I guess people just got tired of Warrent " -Kurt  
Submitted by Jason

60) "Abort Christ!" -Kurt  
Submitted by koh chew hua

61) "Music is first, lyrics are secondary." -Kurt  
Submitted by Chris

62) "Jimmy crapped corn and I don't care.....alright." -Krist  
Submitted by Pokinatcha_Punk

63) "I'm changing my name to numchuck bitch." -Kurt  
Submitted by Heather & Breed75

64) "My  name  is  Kurt  and  I  sing  and  play  the  guitar  and  I'm  a  walking, talking  
bacterial  infection." -Kurt  
Submitted by Nicole

65) "We're just a bar band, that's all we are." -Kurt  
Submitted by Mills

66) "We're so trendy we can't even escape ourselves." -Kurt  
Submitted by Mills

67) "Grunge, isn't that some gross shade of greenish orange?" -Kurt  
Submitted by Kryssie

68) "Flower sniffin, kitty pettin, baby kissin, Corporate rock whores." -Krist  
Submitted by Josh B.

69) "In Aberdeen, I hated my friends with a passion, because they were idiots." -Kurt  
 Submitted by Jenny.

70) "Shut up" -Kurt   
Submitted by Evrclr13eb.

71) "I think it (making music) becomes less pleasurable and satisfying when I think of 
it in terms of my "job." Writing is the one part that is not a job, it's expression. 
Photo shoots, interviews...that's the real job part." -Kurt   
Submitted by iAn.

72) "So all of my comments tonight are out of a book:  How to be Witty at Parties." 
-Chris  
Submitted by Sandra.

73) "I just want you people to know that Courtney Love, lead singer of the 
sensational pop group Hole, is the best fuck in the world." -Kurt  
Submitted by Sandra.

74) Interviewer asks Dave: "So why did you go to school anyway?"
Dave's reply: "For lunch!"  
Submitted by Raymond.

75) "Nirvana falls off the flower laughing" -Kurt  
Submitted by Mark.

76) Interviewer: "How would you define the music of Nirvana?"
Kurt: "Punk rock, pop rock, hard pop rock." 
Krist: "Hard pop rocks on the tip of your tongue, crickling and crackling."
Submitted by Levalore69.

77) "I must be a complete Narcissist, I only appreciate things once they're gone" -Kurt  
Submitted by Aeraj Ahmed.

78) "If your a sexist, racist, homophobe or basically an arsehole don't buy this CD,
 I don't care if you like me, I hate you!" -Kurt  
Submitted by Katharine.

79) Kurt's first poem:(he wrote it when he was 9)

i hate mum,
i hate dad,
dad hates mum,
mum hates dad,
it just wants to make u feel so sad. 
Submitted by carolckh.

80) "I had a really happy childhood until I was nine, then it was a classic
case of divorce"
 -Kurt  
Submitted by Jackie.

81) "I didn't screw it up, did I?" -Kurt  
Submitted by Wiley Coyote.

82) "Am I going to do this by myself?" -Kurt  
Submitted by Wiley Coyote.

83) "These people are just going to have to wait"-Kurt  
Submitted by Aeraj Ahmed.

84) "Punk rock should mean freedom, playing whatever you want,
 As sloppy as you want as long as it's good and it has passion"-Kurt   
Submitted by Richard.

85) "Our music is naive, purposely naive" -Kurt  
Submitted by Richard.

86) "I'll write a couple of sincere lines then kind of slag them off"
-Kurt describing how he writes Nirvana's songs   
Submitted by Richard.

87) "Strap on yr. geetars" -Kurt  
Submitted by Robert.

88) "We were staying in this house in Laurel Canyon with three mud-wrestling 
girls for a week-and-a-half." --Dave 
Submitted by Patient604.

89) "I ate about 600 of them in a day, and I had an extreme feeling of beauty. 
Those Mentos really work!" --Dave 
Submitted by Patient604.

90) "One day, Dave and I were sitting around watching a documentary on babies 
being born underwater." --Kurt  
Submitted by Patient604.

91) "Y'know, maybe one percent, of the people who are listening to "Nevermind", 
that ever bought "Nevermind", maybe not one percent, but I'm just saying that 
this, um, a small minority of people who are listening to our record now, 
know about punk rock. A lot of people don't know about punk rock ..they think 
about punk rock and they think of that Quincy episode where the guy threw the 
brick off the building, and..."
-Dave 
Submitted by Patient604.

92) "My father said this to me - "I know why you guys've sold so many 
records..the video shows a buncha kids trashing a gymnasium!" and I mean 
..that sorta works like uh, "Nirvana! Spokesmen of the lost generation! 
They're telling you to go out and destroy your local gymnasium!" I don't 
really, I don't see it that way, I mean, like, I don't want to hold a 
responsibility of being a spokesman for anything! I can barely hold my own! I 
guess it's flattering, and I guess it's great that it acts like sorta, gives 
people a feeling of sorta like breaking out, and telling um, anyone and 
anything just to fuck off!" --Dave
Submitted by Patient604.

93) "Whatever, in like, a month or two, we were out in the backyard shooting 
stuff with BB guns, and breaking windows at the lottery building across the 
street. It was fun, it was great, that apartment was great." --Dave
Submitted by Patient604.

94) "As far as getting in the top 10 is concerned we don't care at all we
know it won't happen"-Kurt
Submitted by Richard

95) "We're going on tour this year and we're gonna have a whole new set
with whole new songs so that we don't ever have to play Smells Like
Teen Spirit again. I mean it's a great song but for many people it's
like the only Nirvana song and that's upsetting"-Kris and Dave
Submitted by Richard

96) "I'm a spokesman for myself.  It just so happens that there's a bunch of people 
that are concerned with what I have to say.  I find that frightening at times because I'm 
just as confused as most people. I don't have the answers for anything.  I don't  
want to be a fucking spokesperson." -Kurt
Submitted by oteys.

97) "Anti, let me repeat that, Anti-rape song" -Kurt
Submitted by Becca M.

98) "People ask me what's like to hear our song on the radio. 
I don't know, I don't listen to the radio"-Kurt
Submitted by Richard

99) "Our music has a lot of energy to it and in a smaller place energy
translates better" -Dave
Submitted by Richard

100) "Just take it easy, have a little bit of respect. We all shit." -Kurt
Submitted by Harper

101) "Holding Frances in my arms is the best drug in the world." -Kurt
Submitted by Amanda

102) "I'm here to impeach a president and kill a soap opera star"- Krist
Submitted by Michael

103) "Zits are beauty marks"- Kurt
Submitted by Dee