Assumption Quote by Amanda Palmer

People looked to Kurt Cobain because his songs captured what they felt before they knew they felt it.

— Anthony DeCurtis

Kurt Cobain was Nirvana. He named the band, hired its members, played guitar, wrote the songs, fronted the band onstage and in interviews, and…

— Courtney Love

“In his dreadful lassitude and objectless rage, Cobain seemed to have give wearied voice to the despondency of the generation that had come after…

— Mark Fisher

Kurt Cobain represents a very legit, realistic outlook. Before that, in my head, to be a white artist was to be privileged.

— Questlove

Kurt Cobain really made an impression on us. He just had that rebel attitude. You could tell he was super talented but didn't really…

— Edward Enninful

I think Kurt Cobain and Nirvana represent this giant wave that came crashing in and turned music on its head again, and there's definitely…

— Pete Wentz

I just didn't really relate to Kurt Cobain. There was nothing very glamorous about him.

— Justin Tranter

“Chris Cornell: I think Pearl Jam was the band that set the perfect example. Their big video, "Jeremy," propelled them into becoming TV stars…

— Mark Yarm

One thing about Kurt [Cobain] is before he was a musician, and before he was a rock star, he was an artist, and an…

— Brett Morgen

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 will be…

— Karan Mahajan

Usually, when Nirvana made music, there wasn't a lot of conversation. We wanted everything to be surreal. We didn't want to have some contrived…

— Dave Grohl

Punk helped musical fringes get attention. Stuff like Nirvana could never have happened without it.

— Toyah Willcox