Top 80 Kurt Cobain Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “They laugh at me because I'm different; I laugh at them because they're all the same.”

— Kurt Cobain

2. “Nobody dies a virgin. Life fucks us all.”

— Kurt Cobain

3. “I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.”

— Kurt Cobain

Featured in: Self-Esteem Quotes, Emotional Quotes, Be Yourself Quotes, Character Quotes, Honesty Quotes

4. “It’s better to burn out than to fade away.”

— Kurt Cobain

5. “Thank you for the tragedy. I need it for my art.”

— Kurt Cobain

Featured in: Music Quotes, Creativity Quotes, Appreciation Quotes, Sorrow Quotes, Gratitude Quotes

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

— Kurt Cobain

Featured in: Life Quotes, Confidence Quotes, Be Yourself Quotes, Identity Quotes, Being Yourself Quotes

7. “If my eyes could show my soul, everyone would cry when they saw me smile.”

— Kurt Cobain

Featured in: Soul Quotes, Depression Quotes

8. “Humans are stupid. I’m ashamed to be human.”

— Kurt Cobain

Featured in: Hard Hitting Quotes, Depressing Quotes

9. “The worst crime is faking it.”

— Kurt Cobain

Featured in: Music Quotes, Truth Quotes, Being Yourself Quotes, Liars Quotes

10. “Dreaming of the person you want to be is wasting the person you already are.”

— Kurt Cobain

11. “The duty of youth is to challenge corruption.”

— Kurt Cobain

Featured in: Changing the World Quotes, Challenges Quotes, Truth Quotes, Corruption Quotes

12. “Practice makes perfect, but nobody’s perfect, so why practice?”

— Kurt Cobain

13. “I’m so happy. Cause today I found my friends. They’re in my head.”

— Kurt Cobain

14. “Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.”

— Kurt Cobain

15. “A friend is nothing but a known enemy.”

— Kurt Cobain

Featured in: Toxic People Quotes

16. “If you ever need anything please don’t hesitate to ask someone else first.”

— Kurt Cobain

17. “I’m worse at what I do best.”

— Kurt Cobain

18. “All In All Is All We Are.”

— Kurt Cobain

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

— Kurt Cobain

Featured in: Quotes About Reality

20. “You can’t buy happiness.”

— Kurt Cobain

21. “Here we are now, entertain us.”

— Kurt Cobain

Featured in: Boredom Quotes

22. “Drugs are a waste of time. They destroy your memory and your self-respect and everything that goes along with your self esteem.”

— Kurt Cobain

23. “With the lights out, It’s less dangerous. Here we are now, Entertain us. I feel stupid, And contagious. Here we are now. Entertain us.”

— Kurt Cobain

24. “In the sun I feel as one.”

— Kurt Cobain

Featured in: Sun Quotes

25. “I don’t care what you think unless it is about me.”

— Kurt Cobain

26. “Rather be dead then cool.”

— Kurt Cobain

27. “The finest day i ever had was when tomorrow never came.”

— Kurt Cobain

28. “I use bits and pieces of others personalities to form my own.”

— Kurt Cobain

29. “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

30. “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

31. “It’s okay to eat fish because they don’t have any feelings.”

— Kurt Cobain

32. “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

33. “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.”

— Kurt Cobain

34. “I like to make people feel happy and superior in their reaction towards my appearance.”

— Kurt Cobain

35. “Load up our guns Bring your friends It’s fun to lose and to pretend.”

— Kurt Cobain

36. “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

37. “I have very bad posture.”

— Kurt Cobain

38. “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

39. “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

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

— Kurt Cobain

41. “If you read, you’ll judge.”

— Kurt Cobain

42. “If you’re really a mean person you’re going to come back as a fly and eat poop.”

— Kurt Cobain

43. “People think of life as being so sacred and they feel like this is their only chance and they have to do something with their life and make an impact As far as I’m concerned, it’s just a pitstop for the afterlife. It’s just a little test to see how you can handle reality.”

— Kurt Cobain

44. “Forever in debt to your priceless advice.”

— Kurt Cobain

45. “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

46. “People ask me what’s like to hear our song on the radio. I don’t know, I don’t listen to the radio.”

— Kurt Cobain

Featured in: Quotes About Songs

47. “She eyes me like a pisces.”

— Kurt Cobain

48. “Please read my diary, look through my things and figure me out.”

— Kurt Cobain

49. “I had a really good childhood up until I was nine, then a classic case of divorce really affected me.”

— Kurt Cobain

Featured in: Quotes About Childhood

50. “If it’s illegal to rock and roll, then throw my ass in jail.”

— Kurt Cobain