I'll be the first to admit that we're the 90's version of Cheap Trick or the Knack...
Interpretation
Kurt Cobain expresses humility and self-awareness regarding his band's influence in the music scene, comparing themselves to iconic bands from the 90s.
In this quote, Kurt Cobain acknowledges that Nirvana may not have the same lasting legacy as iconic bands like Cheap Trick or the Knack, suggesting a level of humility about their place in music history. This recognition of their status illustrates Cobain's self-awareness and the pressures of being a musician in a rapidly changing music industry.
In practice
This quote can be used during a music panel discussion about the evolution of rock bands.
I don't blame the average seventeen-year-old punk-rock kid for calling me a sellout. I understand that. And maybe when they grow up a little bit, they'll realize there's more things to life than living out your rock & roll identity so righteously.
Rape is one of the most terrible crimes on earth and it happens every few minutes. The problem with groups who deal with rape is that they try to educate women about how to defend themselves. What really needs to be done is teaching men not to rape. Go to the source and start there.
Thank you for the tragedy. I need it for my art.
I get a thrill meeting kids who are into alternative music.
The future of rock belongs to women.
I don't need to be inspired any longer, just supported.
I'm trying everything I can not to be jaded 'cause I don't like jaded musicians.
When you're at a concert and you hear someone improvise well, that's special; it puts you in the moment and takes you someplace. To pull that off, a musician must be able to play his or her instrument really well, but more importantly must also be able to express something and take the listeners beyond themselves.
One of the things that touches me most when I play for an audience is that although we may be unable to communicate in words or have diametrically opposed views on hot-button issues, while the music sounds we can be at peace, we can be friends. The vibrations that fill an auditorium have no passports, and they unite ears when hearts may be divided.
In this day and age, when you can use a machine or computer to simulate or emulate what people can do together, it still can't replace the magic of four people in a room playing.
We were never a band that did 96 takes of the same thing. I had heard of groups that were into that kind of excess around that time. They'd work on the same track for three or four days and then work on it some more, but that's clearly not the way to record an album. If the track isn't happening and it creates some sort of psychological barrier, even after an hour or two, then you should stop and do something else. Go out: go to the pub, or a restaurant or something. Or play another song.
Nobody leaves this place without singing the blues.
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