Kurt Cobain

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.

I've never been more confused in my life, but at the same time I've never been more satisfied with what we've done.

I'll be the first to admit that we're the 90's version of Cheap Trick or the Knack...

I'd rather hang out with the losers that would sit and smoke a cigarette than the ones who wanted to throw a baseball.

We were just amazed we were putting out a record. We were, and are, still learning. But we've never cared much for professionalism as long as the energy was there. Like our live shows: We're out of tune and use a lot of feedback. That's not on purpose or because we don't care, we're just musically and rhythmically retarded and we play so hard that we can't tune our guitars fast enough.

Holding Frances in my arms is the best drug in the world.

Before I die many will die with me and they'll deserve it. See you in Hell.

I'm not worried about what's going to happen when I'm thirty, because I am never going to make it to thirty. You know what life is like after thirty - I don't want that.

Out of all the guitars in the whole world, the Fender Mustang is my favorite. They're cheap and totally inefficient, and they sound like crap and are very small.

My heart is broke, but I have some glue, help me inhale and mend it with you.

If it's illegal to rock and roll, throw my ass in jail!

I'm not well-read, but when I read, I read well.

There's definitely some pieces in there that reflect on my personal life, but really, they aren't as personal as everybody thinks they are. I would like them to be more personal. The emotions, the songs themselves are personal. I can't do it - I've tried to write personally and it just doesn't seem to work. It would be too obvious. Some things that you could read in could fit into anyone's life that had any amount of pain at all. It's pretty cliche'.

There are some pop songs I hate but I can't get them out of my head. Our songs also have the standard pop format: Verse, chorus, verse, chorus, solo, bad solo. All in all, I think we sound like The Knack and the Bay City Rollers being molested by Black Flag and Black Sabbath.

There is nothing I like more than pure underground music

I wanted to have the adoration of John Lennon but have the anonymity of Ringo Starr. I didn't want to be a frontman; I just wanted to be back there and still be a rock and roll star at the same time.

I really miss being able to blend in with people.

When I listen to 'Nevermind,' I hate the production, but there's something about it that almost makes me cry at times.

Looking back on the production of 'Nevermind,' I'm embarrassed by it now.' It's closer to a Motley Crue record than it is a punk rock record.

I was looking for something a lot heavier, yet melodic at the same time. Something different from heavy metal, a different attitude.

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.