Top 50 Kurt Cobain Quotes About Love, Life And Music

Kurt Cobain, the lead singer of Nirvana, stood out as an iconic American rock musician, gifted songwriter,  poet, and masterful artist. Through his words, he touched on themes of love, pain, and individuality. His statements often reflected his feelings and views about life, music, and society. Even today, Kurt Cobain quotes inspire and resonate with many.

He also maintained journals throughout his life. These handwritten journals encompassed a range of topics, from draft lyrics and drawings to personal reflections, ideas, and his thoughts on the music industry.

And, in 2002, a compilation of selections from his journals was posthumously published as “Journals.”

His lyrics and personal quotes often reflected on pain, love, existence, and the pressures of fame. He was a symbol of a generation, and even in his simplicity, his words carried deep resonance. Cobain’s quotes and song lyrics were known for his deep and thought-provoking words.

Top 10 Kurt Cobain

1. “Rather be dead than cool.” — Kurt Cobain                                                                                                           

   
2. “The duty of youth is to challenge corruption.” — Kurt Cobain                                                                   

   

3. “I’d rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I’m not.” — Kurt Cobain                                                   

   

4. “Music is energy. A mood, atmosphere. Feeling.” — Kurt Cobain                                                                       

   

5. “I am not gay, although I wish I were, just to piss off homophobes.” — Kurt Cobain
6. “I’m so happy because today I found my friends – they’re in my head.” — Kurt Cobain
7. “If my eyes could show my soul, everyone would cry when they saw me smile.” — Kurt Cobain                         

   

8. “Dreaming of the person you want to be is wasting the person you already are.” — Kurt Cobain                         

   

9. “They laugh at me because I’m different; I laugh at them because they’re all the same.” — Kurt Cobain                                                                                                                                                                             

   

10. “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 Cobain

Kurt Cobain Quotes About Love

1. “The worst crime is faking it.” — Kurt Cobain                                                                                                             

   

2. “Come as you are. As you were. As I want you to be.” — Nirvana                                                                             

   

3. “No one is afraid of heights, they’re afraid of falling down. No one is afraid of saying I love you, they’re afraid of the answer.” — Kurt Cobain                                                                                                     

   

4. “There’s good in all of us and I think I simply love people too much, so much that it makes me feel too sad.” — Kurt Cobain                                                                                                                                       

   

5. “I have a daughter who reminds me too much of what I used to be, full of love and joy, kissing every person she meets because everyone is good and will do her no harm. And that terrifies me to the point to where I can barely function.” — Kurt Cobain

Nirvana Quotes By Kurt Cobain

1. “I like to complain and do nothing to make things better.” — Kurt Cobain
2. “We’ve always had a sense of humor, I don’t think it’s been translated well.” — Kurt Cobain
3. “Either I’ve accepted it or gone beyond insane, where I can deal with it emotionally.” — Kurt Cobain
4. “I like to make people feel happy and superior in their reaction towards my appearance.” — Kurt Cobain
5. “I mean I like to be passionate and sincere but I also like to have fun and act like a dork. Geeks unite.” — Kurt Cobain
6. “I was tired of pretending that I was someone else just to get along with people, just for the sake of having friendships.” — Kurt Cobain
7. “I like to have strong opinions with nothing to back them up with besides my primal sincerity. I like sincerity. I lack sincerity.” — Kurt Cobain
8. “Words suck. I mean, everything has been said. Words aren’t as important as the energy derived from music, especially live.” — Kurt Cobain
9. “I’ve never been a very prolific person, so when creativity flows, it flows. I find myself scribbling on little notepads and pieces of loose paper, which results in a very small portion of my writings to ever show up in true form.” — Kurt Cobain
10. “I’m disgusted by my own and my generation’s apathy. I’m disgusted at what we allow to go on, by how spineless, lethargic and guilty we are of not standing up against racism, sexism and all those other ‘isms’ that the counterculture has been whining about for years.” — Kurt Cobain

Deep Kurt Cobain Quotes on Life

1. “You can’t buy happiness.” — Kurt Cobain                                                                                                         

   

2. “A friend is nothing but a known enemy.” — Kurt Cobain                                                                             

   

3. “It’s better to burn out than to fade away.” — Kurt Cobain                                                                               

   

4. “I don’t care what you think unless it is about me.” —Nirvana (Drain You Song)                                           

   

5. “Life isn’t nearly as sacred as the appreciation of passion.” — Kurt Cobain
6. “The finest day I ever had was when tomorrow never came.” — Kurt Cobain                                               

   

7. “We have no right to express an opinion until we know all of the answers.” — Kurt Cobain
8. “We have to spend a lot of money to protect ourselves all the time, and it’s just stupid.” — Kurt Cobain
9. “I had a really good childhood up until I was nine, then a classic case of divorce really affected me.” — Kurt Cobain
10. “Life is a waste of time and time is a waste of life, so let’s all get wasted and have the time of our lives.” — Kurt Cobain
11. “I just hope I don’t become so blissful I become boring. I think I’ll always be neurotic enough to do something weird.” — Kurt Cobain
12. “There are a lot of things I wish I would have done, instead of just sitting around and complaining about having a boring life.” — Kurt Cobain
13. “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.” — Kurt Cobain
14. “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 Cobain
15. “I really haven’t had that exciting of a life. There are a lot of things I wish I would have done, instead of just sitting around and complaining about having a boring life. So I pretty much like to make it up. I’d rather tell a story about somebody else.” — Kurt Cobain

Famous Kurt Cobain Quotes on Music

1. “Music is first, lyrics are secondary.” — Kurt Cobain
2. “Rap music is the only vital form of music introduced since punk rock” — Kurt Cobain
3. “Because there is nothing in the world I like more than pure underground music.” — Kurt Cobain
4. “I never wanted to sing. I just wanted to play rhythm guitar – hide in the back and just play.” — Kurt Cobain
5. “When I listen to ‘Nevermind,’ I hate the production, but there’s something about it that almost makes me cry at times.” — Kurt Cobain
6. “I wanted to have the adoration of John Lennon, but have the anonymity of Ringo Starr. I didn’t want to be a frontman.” — Kurt Cobain
7. “Live music is the most primal form of energy release you can share with other people besides having sex or taking drugs.” — Kurt Cobain
8. “I’m left-handed, and it’s not very easy to find reasonably priced, high-quality left-handed guitars. But out of all the guitars in the whole world, the Fender Mustang is my favorite. I’ve only owned two of them.” — Kurt Cobain
9. “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 alone! Don’t come to our shows and don’t buy our records.” — Kurt Cobain
10. “Birds scream at the top of their lungs in horrified hellish rage every morning at daybreak to warn us all of the truth, but sadly we don’t speak bird.” ― Kurt Cobain

Famous Kurt Cobain Quotes

1. “I won’t eat anything green.” — Kurt Cobain                                                                                                     

   

2. “I’m worst at what I do best.” — Kurt Cobain                                                                                                                         

   

                                                                        

3. “I bought a gun and chose drugs instead.” — Kurt Cobain
4. “Never met a wiseman if so it’s a woman!” — Kurt Cobain
5. “Nobody dies a virgin… Life [expletive] us all.” — Kurt Cobain
6. “I’m not well-read, but when I read, I read well.” — Kurt Cobain
7. “Thank you for the tragedy. I need it for my art.” — Kurt Cobain                                                                 

   

8. “Humans are stupid, I’m ashamed to be human.” — Kurt Cobain
9. “We’re so trendy we can’t even escape ourselves.” — Kurt Cobain
10. “It’s okay to eat fish because they don’t have any feelings.” — Kurt Cobain
11. “Practice makes perfect, but nobody’s perfect, so why practice?” — Kurt Cobain
12. “If you ever need anything please don’t hesitate to ask someone else first.” — Kurt Cobain
13. “If you’re really a mean person you’re going to come back as a fly and eat poop.” — Kurt Cobain
14. “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.” — Kurt Cobain
15. “To be positive at all times is to ignore all that is important, sacred, and valuable. To be negative at all times is to be threatened by ridiculousness and instant discredibility.” — Kurt Cobain
16. “Drugs are a waste of time. They destroy your memory your self-respect and everything that goes along with your self-esteem. They’re no good at all. But I’m not gonna go preaching about [them].” — Kurt Cobain
17. “I really haven’t had that exciting of a life. There are a lot of things I wish I would have done, instead of just sitting around and complaining about having a boring life. So I pretty much like to make it up. I’d rather tell a story about somebody else.” — Kurt Cobain

Inspirational Quotes By Kurt Cobain

1. “I really miss being able to blend in with people.” — Kurt Cobain
2. “Holding my baby is the best drug in the world.” — Kurt Cobain
3. “I use bits and pieces of others’ personalities to form my own.” — Kurt Cobain
4. “I had a really good childhood up until I was nine, then a classic case of divorce really affected me.” — Kurt Cobain
5. “My mother encouraged me to be artistic. It was written in a contract at an early age that I would be an artist.” — Kurt Cobain
6. “I used to think when I was young, that I was adopted by my mother because they found me in a spaceship, and they let me out, and I was from a different planet.” — Kurt Cobain
7. “I’ve always been a really sickly, feminine person anyhow, so I thought I was gay for a while because I didn’t find any of the girls in my high school attractive at all.” — Kurt Cobain
8. “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 Cobain
9. “I definitely feel closer to the feminine side of the human being than I do the male – or the American idea of what a male is supposed to be. Just watch a beer commercial and you’ll see what I mean.” — Kurt Cobain

More About Kurt Cobain’s Life

Born on February 20, 1967, in Aberdeen, Washington, Cobain had a turbulent childhood that was marked by the divorce of his parents. This period profoundly influenced his music and persona.

One of Cobain and Nirvana’s most memorable performances was their MTV Unplugged session in 1993. The acoustic set, particularly their cover of Lead Belly’s “Where Did You Sleep Last Night?”, showcased Cobain’s raw vocal intensity and the depth of his artistry.

Kurt Cobain’s life was tragically cut short when he died on April 5, 1994, in Seattle. His death, ruled as a suicide, was a significant moment in music history and had a profound impact on fans worldwide.

After Cobain’s death, several recordings, including live performances, demos, and journals, have been released, further cementing his status as a rock legend.