I was tired of pretending that I was someone else just to get along with people, just for the sake of having friendships.

He was depressed. He was addicted to heroin. And I think there comes a time when all the beauty in the world just isn’t enough.

The more you love,the more love you have to give.It's the only feeling we have which is infinite...

Sometimes I just want to paint the words "It's my fault" across my forehead to save people the time of being pissed off at me.

I would love to be erased from our association with Pearl Jam or the Nymphs and other first time offenders.

Sometimes your music sounds like there’s too much inside you. Maybe even you couldn’t get it all out. Maybe that’s why you died. Like you exploded from the inside.

Kids don't care about rock and roll as much as they used to, as the other generations have. It's already turned into nothing but a fashion statement and an identity for kids to use as a tool for them to fuck and have a social life.

He had the desperation, not the courage, to be himself. Once you do that, you can’t go wrong, because you can’t make any mistakes when people love you for being yourself. But for Kurt, it didn’t matter that other people loved him; he simply didn’t love himself enough.

It angered him that his sexuality was an issue at all. As far as he was concerned, who he decided to sleep with was his business alone.

The message was clear for baby boomers everywhere: Kurt Cobain was not merely some rock 'n' roll icon who couldn't handle drugs. In ways that were important to recognize, he was every parent's child.

He was able to sit in silence for long stretches without feeling a need to make small talk.