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" 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. "

Kurt Cobain

Life

Living

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" I really miss being able to blend in with people. "

" Ever since the beginning of rock and roll, there's been an Axl Rose. And it's just boring. It's totally boring to me. "

" Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are. "

" I never wanted to sing. I just wanted to play rhythm guitar - hide in the back and just play. "

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" I've had this terrible stomach problem for years, and that has made touring difficult. People would see me sitting in the corner by myself looking sick and gloomy. The reason is that I was trying to fight against the stomach pain, trying to hold my food down. People looked me and assumed I was some kind of addict. "

" I won't eat anything green. "

" I'm left-handed, and it's not very easy to find reasonably priced, high-quality left-handed guitars. But out of all the guitars in the whole world, the Fender Mustang is my favorite. I've only owned two of them. "

" 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. "

" Rather be dead than cool. "

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

" My body is damaged from music in two ways. I have a red irritation in my stomach. It's psychosomatic, caused by all the anger and the screaming. I have scoliosis, where the curvature of your spine is bent, and the weight of my guitar has made it worse. I'm always in pain, and that adds to the anger in our music. "

" I bought a gun and chose drugs instead. "

" I get a thrill meeting kids who are into alternative music. "

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

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" 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. "

" 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. "

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