The most Famous Motivational quotes by Kurt Cobain.

Last updated on June 3rd, 2022 at 02:21 pm

Kurt Cobain was the lead singer and front man of the famous grunge band โ€˜Nirvanaโ€™ from its inception in 1987 to its disbandment in 1994, when on the 5th April Cobain died from a self inflicted gunshot to the head.

Cobainโ€™s work still manages to touch those even today and despite his personal struggles he managed to influence a whole generation of music for years to come. From his works, the most famous motivational quotes by Kurt Cobain are recorded below:

โ€œWanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.โ€

โ€“ Kurt Cobain
Motivational quotes by Kurt Cobain

โ€œIโ€™d rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.โ€

โ€“ Kurt Cobain
Motivational quotes by Kurt Cobain
Motivational quotes by Kurt Cobain from Nirvana

โ€œItโ€™s better to burn out than fade away.โ€

โ€“ Kurt Cobain
Motivational quotes by Kurt Cobain

โ€œThe duty of youth is to challenge corruption.โ€

โ€“ Kurt Cobain
Motivational quotes by Kurt Cobain

โ€œThank you for the tragedy. I need it for my art.โ€

โ€“ Kurt Cobain
Motivational quotes by Kurt Cobain

โ€œMusic is first, lyrics are secondary.โ€

โ€“ Kurt Cobain
Motivational quotes by Kurt Cobain

โ€œYou canโ€™t buy happiness.โ€

โ€“ Kurt Cobain
Happiness quotes

โ€œIf my eyes could show my soul, everyone would cry when they saw me smile.โ€

โ€“ Kurt Cobain
Motivational quotes by Kurt Cobain

โ€œMusic is energy. A mood, atmosphere. Feeling.โ€

โ€“ Kurt Cobain
Music quotes

โ€œNobody dies a virgin. Life f***s us all.โ€

โ€“ Kurt Cobain
Grunge quotes

Kurt Cobain facts:

  • Born February 20th, 1967 in Aberdeen, Washington, USA
  • Died April 5th, 1994 (Aged 27) Seattle, Washington, USA
  • Cause of death was recorded as suicide by gunshot
  • Best known for his leading roll in the 1987 grunge band โ€˜Nirvanaโ€™
  • Prior to Nirvana, Cobain founded a band called โ€˜Fecal Matterโ€™ in 1985 but was disbanded shortly after in 1986.
  • Global success came to Cobain and Nirvana in 1991 with their second album โ€˜Nevermindโ€™ featuring perhaps their most well known song โ€˜Smells like Teen Spiritโ€™
  • Despite their commercial success, Cobain struggled with a drug addiction and depression.
  • In 2014, Cobain and his fellow band mates Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
  • in 1981 on Kurtโ€™s 14th birthday his uncle offered him either a used guitar or a bike โ€“ Cobain chose the guitar.
  • In 1992 Cobain married Courtney Love
  • Cobain and Love had one child together โ€˜Frances Bean Cobainโ€™ born on August 18th 1992. At the time of Cobainโ€™s death she was 18 months old.

Interesting links for more information on Kurt Cobain and Nirvana:

https://www.nirvana.com/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana_(band)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Cobain

6 thoughts on โ€œThe most Famous Motivational quotes by Kurt Cobain.โ€

  1. Hmmm. I canโ€™t read, โ€œItโ€™s better to burn out, than fade awayโ€ without starting first with (something like) โ€œGunter glieben glausen globenโ€ . . . .

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