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The 15 Best Nirvana Quotes

April 28, 2017
By Kyleigh.Campbell BRONZE, Cincinnati, Ohio
Kyleigh.Campbell BRONZE, Cincinnati, Ohio
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Nirvana is a Grunge rock band that was popular in the 90’s. The band consisted of lead singer and guitarist Kurt Cobain, guitarist Krist Novoselic, and many drummers through the years but the best and the most well known drummer is Dave Grohl. Nirvanas first album ever was BLEACH. Then off of Nirvana’s second album Nevermind, was there first hit Smells Like Teen Spirit. Later on Nirvana released their third album Incesticide. A year later Nirvana released their fourth album In Utero. Then in 1994 Nirvana released a live album called MTV Unplugged in New York, which would be NIrvana’s last album ever. Later that year the band Nirvana came to an end when Kurt died on April 5, 1994. Nirvana was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014. Since Nirvana was created  in 1987 they have sold over 75 million records worldwide. Which makes them one of the best-selling bands of all time. These are some of the top 15 best Nirvana quotes.


“I’d rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.”- Kurt Cobain

“Guilt is cancer. Guilt will confine you, torture you, destroy you as an artist. It’s a black wall. It’s a thief.”-Dave Grohl

“Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.”- Kurt Cobain

“Don’t follow a trend. Follow your heart.”-Krist Novoselic

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

“We have no right to express an opinion until we know all of the answers.”- Kurt Cobain

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

“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 f*** alone! Don’t come to our shows and don’t buy our records.”- Incesticideliner notes (Kurt Cobain)

“I just hope I don’t become so blissful that I become boring. I think I’ll always be neurotic enough to do something weird.”- Kurt Cobain Rolling Stones, 1994

“The worst crime is faking it.”- Kurt Cobain

“Punk is musical freedom. It’s saying, doing and playing what you want.In webster's terms “Nirvana” means freedom from pain, suffering and the external world, and that's pretty close to my definition of punk rock.”- Kurt Cobain

“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

“I think people should feel encouraged to be themselves.”- Dave Grohl

"We have this conflict between good and evil and man and woman because there are people doing evil things to other people for no reason, and I just want to beat the s*** out of them. That's the bottom line. All I can do is scream into a microphone instead."- Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana

"Although I listened to Aerosmith and Led Zeppelin, and I really did enjoy some of the melodies they'd written, it took me so many years to realize that a lot of it had to do with sexism. The way that they just wrote about their dicks and having sex. I was just starting to understand what really was pissing me off so much those last couple years of high school. And then punk rock was exposed and then it all came together. It just fit together like a puzzle. It expressed the way I felt socially and politically. Just everything. You know. It was the anger that I felt. The alienation." –Blank on Blank, 1993


Nirvana was a great band. They were the breakout band for grunge, and alternative rock. They were a band for seven short years, yet they made a long lasting impact on music. They continue to inspire artists today. They weren’t looking for fame they were just making music and doing what they loved.


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