Kurt Cobain Quotes

You know, somebody mentioned that I was sort of a jazz-pop singer. And I'm thrilled that somebody would find that, at last, in my presentation, because it's such a part of where I live.

People always want to talk about who I was, but I've always been singing, always been experimenting with pop music.

I was always making things. Even though art was what I did every day, it didn't even occur to me that I would be an artist.

Today each composer is not only involved in aesthetics, but he's actually trying to create his own language.

I've seen and learned enough to keep my music fresh and spread out.

I would have to say I'm bored with the standard rock, guitar solos, but I've done it for five albums now, and this time I wanted to go in a completely different direction. I wasn't interested in showing off any more.

My ambition is to further create a signature sound, a signature spirit, that makes some kind of contribution to music in general.

When I hear the songs 'Dangerous' or 'End of My World', I go, 'Wow, I didn't even know I could go that low!' And when I played them for my family, they said, 'That doesn't even sound like you.'

I just would use any instrument known to man in any combination as long as it describes an emotion.

As a songwriter, you tend to develop your own style, your own technique, based around what it is you're trying to write and perform, in terms of your own music. So a way of evolving a guitar style as a songwriter is much easier, I think, than developing a true style of your own just from listening to music or playing other people's music.

I never thought of myself as being the singer that wanted to create an identity and then stick to that.

I feel like David Byrne is a great example of someone who is always in the 'now' moment of music and finding reasons to be excited and always seeing what's special about it.

I study what's happening in music. I want to sound different than everybody else.

Yeah, I put out some goofy stuff. I had no idea who I was as an artist at all before 'Posse on Broadway.'

For the longest time, I was trying to be DJ Shadow, I think. But I slowly developed my own style. It was trial and error, for sure.

I feel that I am more aware of my artistry.

The only intention I've ever had creatively, as a musician, is to be as different from myself as possible.

Today, somewhere in America, there's a kid who's got a laptop and a guitar and a couple of his friends he's putting together to play drums and bass, who's gonna change the way we say things, the way that we dress, the way we view things, the music we hear, everything.

I wanted to try a different way of making music. That's what made me try different things with my voice.

If you're not changing what you're doing and exploring different parts of your musical output, I think you're slowly dying.

When I discovered minimal music I felt I could create my vision - it was totally different to traditional music.

To listen to my first record, it doesn't sound like me.

If you make modern rap music, how do you write without ripping off anyone else? It's just about having a distinct voice in your songs.

I think there is quite a continuity over my 25 years of doing music, and I'm always trying to break away from it.

I'm singing and dancing and playing guitar. I really enjoy pushing myself into different aspects. I'm not going to do this for the rest of my life, but I want to keep challenging myself. And if I'm fearful of something I definitely want to step into it and see how good or bad I am at it.