Kurt Cobain

Nirvana, grunge

Contemporary influential 137 sayings

Sayings by Kurt Cobain

I'm a very tormented person.

Early 90s — Interview
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I'm a very self-destructive person.

Early 90s — Interview
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I'm a very self-loathing person.

Early 90s — Interview
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I'm a very insecure person, but I'm also very intelligent.

Early 90s — Interview
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I'm a very insecure person, but I'm also very uncreative.

Early 90s — Interview
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I'm a spokesman for a generation that I don't even know anything about.

1992 — Interview with Rolling Stone
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If you're a sexist, racist, homophobe or basically an asshole, don't buy this CD.

1993 — In Utero liner notes
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I'm not a very good person, but I'm not a bad person. I'm just a person.

1993 — Interview with Jon Savage
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I never wanted to sing. I just wanted to play rhythm guitar—hide in the back and do that.

1991 — Interview with Melody Maker
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I use to hate the idea of girls in the audience because I thought they were all there to look at Dave Grohl.

1993 — Interview with Request magazine
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I wish I was as witty as a lot of people think I am. I'm not really that witty. I'm pretty boring, actually.

1992 — Interview with Guitar World
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I'm a walking contradiction.

1993 — Interview with Jon Savage
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I'm tired of being a spokesperson for something I don't believe in.

early 1990s — Often attributed, exact source difficult to pinpoint, likely from a journal or a less formal convers…
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I'm not a drug addict. I'm a heroin addict.

1992 — Interview with Rolling Stone
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I hate myself and I want to die.

early 1990s — From his journals, also a working title for 'In Utero'.
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I was always a really happy kid. I was a class clown. But then my parents got divorced, and I turned into a really shy, withdrawn person.

1994 — Interview with David Fricke, Rolling Stone
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I'm just a product of my environment.

1993 — Interview with Request magazine
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All my friends are junkies.

1992 — Interview with Rolling Stone
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I don't have a lot of friends. I'm not a very social person.

1992 — Interview with Guitar World
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I'm not into drugs. I'm into music.

early 1990s — Often attributed, but contradictory to other statements. Confidence is lower.
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