I grew up listening to Nirvana and then went through some bad '90s pop stuff - a lot of Australian one-hit wonders. — Courtney Barnett Copy Share Image
Nirvana was a band that led you somewhere, as opposed to all the grunge bands that began and ended with themselves. — Jens Lekman Copy Share Image
“The message was clear for baby boomers everywhere: Kurt Cobain was not merely some rock 'n' roll icon who couldn't handle drugs.… — Kurt St. Thomas Copy Share Image
That's kind of a nostalgia thing. Nirvana was my first favorite band, in third or fourth grade. Then I got out of… — Girl Talk Copy Share Image
“A person or an act is never entirely Sansara or entirely Nirvana, a person is never entirely holy or entirely sinful. It… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“It is said that love does not last, that it is just a momentary spell cast upon your soul by some higher… — Natalie Valdes Copy Share Image
All the joys in all the worlds of all beings who have ever been or will ever be, will never equal the… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
My Nirvana experience was much different than the other three guys. For me, it was really new and exciting. I was just… — Pat Smear Copy Share Image
When we were 15, my brother and I were getting really into Nirvana, Green Day, and The Beastie Boys. We started going… — Joel Madden Copy Share Image
I owe everything to Nirvana. But I can't let that overshadow the future. For the first few years, I didn't even want… — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
“It is because we feel that we are separate from nature that we also feel it is okay to manipulate it, pollute… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
“And the Buddha pointed out that his confusion was justified, for 'the dharma is profound, difficult to see, difficult to understand, peaceful,… — David J. Kalupahana Copy Share Image
“14. Zen and Nirvana. The beatitude of Zen is Nirvana, not in the Hinayanistic sense of the term, but in the sense… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“When we look at a tree, we do not see the tree for what it really is. We see how it appears… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
Kurt (Cobain) was a fan of my standup, which was pretty weird. I know when people hear that, it's kind of like… — Bobcat Goldthwait Copy Share Image
“Have you ever had a dream that you were certain was real, only to wake up and realize that everyone and everything… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
“We are like waves in the ocean, each with a unique character and quality on the surface, but deep down we are… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
“Jehovah, the Christian name for God derived from the Hebrew Yahweh, (from the letters YHWH), is translated as "I AM." YOU ARE… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
Nirvana is something that cannot be known here. I know it seems incongruous, but it is only incongruous from the perspective of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Nirvana really touched me as a teenager and started making me pay attention to music as a participatory thing that I could… — Phil Elvrum Copy Share Image
“God is the ultimate ground of Being, and this ultimate ground of Being is YOU. For one who realizes their true nature… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
The goal of our life’s effort is to reach the other shore, Nirvana. Prajna paramita, the true wisdom of life, is that… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
I reached in experience the nirvana which is unborn, unrivalled, secure from attachment, undecaying and unstained. This condition is indeed reached by… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
I've played the violin since I was seven but stopped because there was a stage when it became 'uncool'. I was listening… — Emun Elliott Copy Share Image
You don't accidentally turn into a big band. Not even Nirvana accidentally turned into a big band. They toured - they wanted… — Tobias Forge Copy Share Image
And if I'm honest about it, I was obsessed with Nirvana and Pearl Jam. This is like '92, right in the throes… — St. Vincent Copy Share Image
For Nirvana, putting out their first major-label record was like getting into a new car. But the runaway success was like suddenly… — Michael Azerrad Copy Share Image
“Christ was an ordinary man who upon the attainment of absolute divinity or Nirvana or Samadhi became a better version of himself.… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“If we learn to listen to the others and try to capture the soul of their language, and can scent the fragrance… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
“The modern scientist attempts to step outside of himself in order to observe himself, an attempt that is always doomed to failure.… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
The REM and Nirvana successes don't mean much to me except as a potential distraction for bands who want to cash in… — Greg Ginn Copy Share Image
Someone who has set out in the vehicle of a Bodhisattva should decide that 'I must lead all the beings to nirvana,… — Buddha Copy Share Image
Cobain the writer is funny and self-aware and snotty with a knack for off-the-cuff profundity. Remarking to a friend that his band… — Karan Mahajan Copy Share Image
He who gives away shall have real gain. He who subdues himself shall be free; he shall cease to be a slave… — Buddha Copy Share Image
There is no evil, there's no bad; there's no good. These are human ideas. There's no creator, there's no creation; there's no… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I was in Ann Arbor, and I was told that this singer-songwriter guy wanted to meet me. It was Kurt Cobain. Nirvana… — Bobcat Goldthwait Copy Share Image
Nirvana is something within you. It is not an external reality. No god thunders down from the mountaintop. Just as the great… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
When it comes to grunge or even just Seattle, I think there was one band that made the definitive music of the… — Eddie Vedder Copy Share Image
The experience of going to the other side to nirvana clarifies and simplifies your view of all things. You see the world… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Bands like Nirvana had theatrical sensibilities, playing with image, challenging assumptions people were making about them, the apex being Kurt Cobain in… — Amanda Palmer Copy Share Image
