"I was simply blown away when I found out that Kurt Cobain liked my work, and I always wanted to talk to him about his reasons for covering "Man Who Sold The World." It was a good straightforward rendition and sounded somehow very honest. It would have been nice to have worked with him, but just talking would have been real cool."

"I remember watching Kurt come through and thinking, "God, this music is nuclear," This is really splitting the atom. They raised the temperature for everybody. Manufactured pop never looked so cold as when that heat was around. Nirvana made everything else look silly."

"People were trying to call me to do interviews on the anniversary of Kurt Cobain's death. They want me to say some poignant shit about some poor guy who blew his head off. It's just like, "Give me a fuckin' break, man"...Just say the guy made some good records, and let's get on with it."

"He had a touch most guitarists would kill for."

"Never a technical player, Cobain rarely relied on flash, preferring to make his point through dynamics instead, fleshing out his songs with judicious use of distortion and feedback. Even his “solos” tended to be self-effacing in the extreme; the guitar break in Teen Spirit, for example, merely reprised the vocal line. But Cobain’s deft use of harmony and lean, tuneful sense of line more than made up for any lack of chops, shoring up the songs so exquisitely that it was easy to overlook how elegant his playing was."

"Cobain is rarely described as a technical virtuoso, but he did have a fantastic, intuitive feel for the guitar, mirroring his gift for unshakeable John Lennon-inspired songcraft. It looked and felt so natural as an extension of his body (despite the back/stomach/mental pain it allegedly caused him) that every drop of song seemed to show exactly what was happening on the inside — punk’s urgency clasping hands with every classic pop melody he ever absorbed."

"Nirvana were like...power-chord music with the occasional Sonic Youth-y flip-out in it. But the power of that band is Kurt Cobain's voice, which is just fucking caramel–a beautiful rock voice."

"Genius is a weird and inappropriate word, and hard work is underrated, but Kurt Cobain had a distinct and personal take on the world, and generally, when someone strikes a chord with his audience, that’s what people respond to...I have to admit that I wasn’t particularly a fan of Nirvana when I was asked to work on In Utero, but during the course of making the record I came to appreciate that they were genuine about their band and their music, that Kurt was capable of sophisticated thinking, and that they and their music were unique."

"It's better to burn out than to fade away."

"This song is dedicated to Frank Zappa, and River Phoenix, Fred Gwynne who played Herman Munster, Dixie Lee Ray, Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neil, and you, dumb ass, who just threw water on me."

"I spent all of my life trying to stay away from sports and here I am in a sporting arena."

"OK, you trained monkeys, everybody jump up and down. Let's bring back the good old pogo!"

"What's the matter with all you people at the back, did you come here to see Gloria Estefan?"

"Fuck you all, this is the last song of the evening."

"What are they tuning, a harp? I thought we were a big rich rock band. We should have a whole bunch of extra guitars."

"I don't think MTV would let us play that. (After an audience member requests "Rape Me.")"

"I've been waiting for that! (After an audience member requests "Free Bird" by Lynyrd Skynyrd.)"

"We're waiting for the dinosaurs to die out. They will die. And then we'll move into their homes."

"Hi, my name is Kurt Cobain, I'm homosexual, I'm a pagan, I'm a drug abuser, and I like to fuck pot-bellied pigs!"

"There is plenty of Hühnerfleisch in the Kühlschrank. (There is plenty of chicken in the fridge.)"

"Hello, we're major label corporate rock sell outs."

"We're Nirvana and we really don't particularly like heavy metal."

"If I may, and if I might Lay me down, weeping."

"Neither side is sacred; no one wants to win Feeling so sedated; think I'll just give in."

"Congratulations, you have won It's a year's subscription of bad puns."

"I need you around To remind me what not to become."

"Something in her eyes Must be the smoke in my lungs."

"Things have never been so swell I have never failed to fail"

"And if you save yourself You will make him happy."

"And the flowers sing in D minor And the birds fly happily."

"All in all is all we are."

"Hate your enemies Save your friends Find your place Speak the truth."

"Give me a Leonard Cohen afterworld So I can sigh eternally."

"I take pride as the king of illiterature."

"I'm not like them But I can pretend The sun is gone But I have a light the day is done I'm having fun I think I'm dumb or maybe just happy"

"She'll come back as fire burn all the liars leave a blanket of ash on the ground"

"I miss the comfort in being sad."

"Hate me Do it and do it again Waste me Rape me, my friend."

"Meat eating orchids forgive no one just yet Cut myself on angel hair and baby's breath Broken hymen of your highness, I'm left black Throw down your umbilical noose so I can climb right back."

"Teenage angst has paid off well Now I'm bored and old."

"It's OK to eat fish 'Cos they don't have any feelings"

"I love myself better than you I know it's wrong, so what should I do?"

"With eyes so dilated I've become your pupil"

"Chew your meat for you pass it back and forth in a passionate kiss from my mouth to yours i like you"

"One baby to another says I'm lucky to have met you"

"Just because you're paranoid Don't mean they're not after you."

"She's just as bored as me she caught me off my guard it amazes me, the will of instinct"

"Polly wants a cracker Think I should get off her first Think she wants some water To put out the blow torch."

"I'm so happy 'Cause today I found my friends They're in my head. I'm so ugly, that's okay 'Cause so are you, Broke our mirrors."

"Come as you are, as you were As I want you to be As a trend, as a friend, as a known enemy Take your time, hurry up The choice is yours, don't be late."