* "I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I'm not" - Kurt

* "Music is first, lyrics are secondary." - Kurt 

* "There is rather people hating me for who I am that loving me for who I'm not." - Kurt

* "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

* "Holding Frances in my arms is the best drug in the world." - Kurt

* "I don't want to be a spokesperson." - Kurt 

* "You know what I hate about rock? I hate tie-dyed tee shirts. I wouldn't wear a tie-dyed tee 

shirt unless it was dyed with the urine of Phil Collins and the blood of Jerry Garcia." - Kurt 

* "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 favor for us, leave us alone! Don't come to our 

shows and don't buy our records." - Kurt

* "There is nothing I like more than pure underground music" - Kurt

* "I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I'm not" - Kurt

* "If you guys throw one more shoe or one more coin, 

I'm just going to leave my guitar next to my amp and there's going to be massive feed back for 

an hour." -Kurt 

* "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

* "Grunge is dead" - Kurt