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I’ll give Kurt Cobain this

March 24th, 2006 by Bill

I’ve never been a big Nirvana fan. The truth is, I know almost nothing about them, their music and little about Kurt Cobain. It has nothing to do with the music, it has everything to do with the hoo-hah that surrounds Cobain and Nirvana. The folk history and so on that surrounds them. I just find it all off-putting.

But that has nothing to do with their merits. They could have been great, they could have been terrible. I wouldn’t know.

But … I’ll give Kurt Cobain this: he is credited with one of the best quotes I’ve come across in a very long time. It is this:

“Dreaming of the person you want to be is wasting the person you already are.”

Now that is bang on.

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10 Responses to “I’ll give Kurt Cobain this”

  1. on 24 Mar 2006 at 12:20 pm1 none - ya

    Kurt Cobain was a great lyricist. The band was a little lacking as far as musical talent goes, but they were a good band. Not the greatest ever, I mean they only knew like 3 chords for God’s sake, but decent. His death will be what keeps that band alive.

  2. on 24 Mar 2006 at 12:41 pm2 robin

    Great quote! I may have to use that if you don’t mind…I really like it. I wasn’t a HUGE Nirvana fan but I appreciated them. I am though a HUGE Dave Grohl/Foo Fighters fan.

  3. on 24 Mar 2006 at 12:51 pm3 Sizzle

    it REALLY is and thanks for putting it in your comment on my blog. :)

  4. on 24 Mar 2006 at 6:44 pm4 carol b

    BILL! … I found you - errr, rather, Tzaddi sent me your way :)

    [I’ve already bookmarked this addy and one of your others over at Writelife]

    warmly,

  5. on 24 Mar 2006 at 11:00 pm5 Bill

    Hi Carol! You’ll have to send me your e-mail address. (Well, I’m assuming you’re the carol b I know.) Still on the coast, I trust?

  6. on 25 Mar 2006 at 12:39 am6 Spinning Girl

    Wow.

    Hmm.

  7. on 25 Mar 2006 at 6:43 pm7 Debby

    Truer words won’t be found

  8. on 25 Mar 2006 at 10:33 pm8 Brookelina

    It’s better than “A mosquito, my libido,” though I love that one too.

  9. on 26 Mar 2006 at 1:32 am9 Bill

    The only quote ever attributed to me is, “Has anyone seen my pants?”

    It’s not profound but it’s often useful.

  10. on 27 Mar 2006 at 6:41 pm10 Egan

    Don’t be dissing Seattle.

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