Krist Novoselic
Mike Watt and I had the same teacher. Mr. Tanaka.Collection: Teacher
Don't follow a trend. Follow your heart.
No band is special, no player royalty.
If you've got a guitar and a lot of soul, just bang something out and mean it. You're the superstar.
We remember Kurt for what he was: caring, generous and sweet.
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.
Let's keep the music with us. We'll always have it.
I live out in the country now and it's quiet and it's a place where I can think a lot.
It felt like being in the center of the world, and I felt like I was a witness to history and I knew that the whole world was watching on television. So, I could feel the collective consciousness of the world focused on this little strip of land called Seattle.
Our idea is simply to play the songs and to emphasize our musicianship.
I think pot should be legalized, but I think the promotion of party culture is irresponsible.
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.
I kind of discovered my voice for the first time, and the more I did it, the better it got.
The only way you do anything is to become really active. And the most effective way to get your message to your elected representatives is to make campaign contributions and develop relationships with them.
And Seattle isn't really crazy anymore. It's a big dot-com city.
But remember, guitar players are a dime a dozen.
But this is pretty new for me, both songwriting and singing.
But whenever history is in the making, there's some kind of intangible feeling.
I can't remember the last time I looked at a Nirvana web site.
I'm just really happy, because I think we're a great band, and I really like great bands.
Theodore Roethke was a poet I was raised with so he has a lot of sentimental value for me.
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.
We asserted ourselves as a music community, and showed legislators that music is positive. Especially if you've sold 300 million records worldwide and pay taxes.
We're all players and musicians and we sure all get along good. We just clicked right off the bat. We started playing and then we almost immediately started recording.
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.
I don't know about the time those songs were written. But he was jamming with someone in Colorado or San Francisco, and I'm sure he was working on the lyrics right up to the show because they were really relevant for the situation.
Sunshine Cake is just a fun hobby thing. That's about it.
This band is a real collaboration, and I'm greatful to anybody who can appreciate our music. It doesn't have to be a certain kind of fan or person or anything. I think there's a little bit of something for everybody on this record.
When I perform, I like to immerse myself in the music, and I just try to get off on the diversity of music.
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.Collection: Beautiful
She's intense and passionate, so she's perfect.Collection: Perfect
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.Collection: Mainstream
The perception of him as brooding and dark and miserable, that is baloney. Kurt Cobain was a funny dude.Collection: Dark
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.Collection: Writing