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title: "5 Grunge Era Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [I'm too young to have experienced firsthand the '70s rock, but when I was in high school, me and my friends were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-lee-o-malley/i-m-too-young-to-have-experienced-firsthand-the-70s-rock-but-when-i/)

[Bryan Lee O'Malley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-lee-o-malley/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21f/bryan-lee-o-malley-6525_eras_i-m-too-young-to-have-experienced-firsth_223238.jpg)

> [When I began in the late '90s, I felt quite lonely. We were coming out of the grunge era; it was the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miles-aldridge/when-i-began-in-the-late-90s-i-felt-quite-lonely-we-were-coming-out/)

[Miles Aldridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miles-aldridge/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99f/miles-aldridge-34099_being-real_when-i-began-in-the-late-90s-i-felt-quit_407762.jpg)

> [“As recently as the grunge era, there remained a bohemian cachet in casually mentioning that you didn’t own a TV. But nobody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/as-recently-as-the-grunge-era-there-remained-a-bohemian-cachet-in/)

[Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78b/chuck-klosterman-804_posers_as-recently-as-the-grunge-era-there-rema_481998.png)

> [I think the most important thing about singers was that they were passionate and they did it on purpose and they meant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lacey-sturm/i-think-the-most-important-thing-about-singers-was-that-they-were/)

[Lacey Sturm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lacey-sturm/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/999/lacey-sturm-7296_day_i-think-the-most-important-thing-about-s_885246.jpg)

> [I grew up in the grunge era. I've always resisted the idea of being part of a machine, wanting just to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-parker/i-grew-up-in-the-grunge-era-i-ve-always-resisted-the-idea-of-being/)

[Kevin Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-parker/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4df/kevin-parker-6038_art_i-grew-up-in-the-grunge-era-i-ve-always_3035266.jpg)

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