Krist Novoselic Quotes
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Don't follow a trend. Follow your heart.
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Theodore Roethke was a poet I was raised with so he has a lot of sentimental value for me.
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But my role is to just apply the skills I've learned over the years: you listen to the guitar, you listen to the vocal melodies, you listen to the rhythm, and you come up with something that helps you take the song somewhere.
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In Utero is a testament to the artistic vision of Kurt Cobain. It's kind of a weird record, and it's strangely beautiful at the same time. And if you look at Kurt's paintings and his drawings - he even did a sculpture for me - it's a rising, tortured-spirit person. It's kind of weird. It's done well, but it's like what Dave was saying about having your own sound. Kurt was a great songwriter. He knew he had a good ear for a hook [and was] a great singer, great guitar player, and In Utero is a good representation of what he liked in art and how he expressed himself.
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Mike Watt and I had the same teacher. Mr. Tanaka.
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But this is pretty new for me, both songwriting and singing.
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I really like to write, so I can just relax and think about things and realize things and then try to express it on my computer.
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Sunshine Cake is just a fun hobby thing. That's about it.
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But whenever history is in the making, there's some kind of intangible feeling.
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We remember Kurt for what he was: caring, generous and sweet.
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If you've got a guitar and a lot of soul, just bang something out and mean it. You're the superstar.
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No band is special, no player royalty.
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I can't remember the last time I looked at a Nirvana web site.
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The perception of him as brooding and dark and miserable, that is baloney. Kurt Cobain was a funny dude.
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When Nirvana hit it big, it was overwhelming because we were part of the counterculture. Nirvana didn't go to the mainstream - the mainstream came to Nirvana.
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When I perform, I like to immerse myself in the music, and I just try to get off on the diversity of music.
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I think pot should be legalized, but I think the promotion of party culture is irresponsible.
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And Seattle isn't really crazy anymore. It's a big dot-com city.
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But remember, guitar players are a dime a dozen.
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I live out in the country now and it's quiet and it's a place where I can think a lot.
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I'm really into Sweet 75 right now, and I dig playing Nirvana, don't get me wrong. Even if Kurt never died, more than likely I'd be in Sweet 75 today still.
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I'm just really happy, because I think we're a great band, and I really like great bands.
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We remember Kurt Cobain for what he was: Caring, generous, and sweet. Let's keep the music with us. We'll always have it.
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I wanted to stimulate thought instead of throwing things out or try to give a perspective. I just put stuff up and it's up for two or three weeks and I get tired of it, so I take it down and put something else up.
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Just the other day I pulled out this old cassette of Ragged Glory and I popped it into my cassette player and I was digging it. They were just a great rock and roll band, one that presents the song ahead of everything else - there's no grand idea or concept behind it.
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She's intense and passionate, so she's perfect.
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