I never really knew about my ancestors until this year, when I learned that the name Cobain was Irish. My parents had never bothered to find that stuff out.

dreaming of the person you want to be is wasting the person you already are.

I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.

Life is a waste of time and time is a waste of life, so let's all get wasted and have the time of our lives.

I hate myself, and I want to die

Wanting to be someone else is a waste of who you are

The duty of youth is to challenge corruption.

If you're really a mean person you're going to come back as a fly and eat poop.

Just because it's all you want, doesn't mean it's all you need.

The worst crime is faking it.

My heart is broke, but I have some glue, help me inhale and mend it with you.

Whatever strength, courage... madness keeps us going, we find it, in times like these. You have it, soldier. It's what kept you alive all this time.

For everything in life there is always a beginning and an end. This is the tough part the most difficult thing when you see that it’s coming: The end.

Once we were Programmers. Maybe our last best hope is a movie.

The minute you think you know everything about tennis is the minute your game starts going down the tubes.

It's nice to be financially secure. Apart from that, I really don't care too much about money.

The tenacity of life is mind-boggling. We keep finding it where no one thought it could be.

As I grew older, I actually was prepared to go into fine arts school and do a degree. That was what I was actually settled upon when I was offered a record deal.

Sometimes... we suffer from the tyranny of comparison. Contests, competitions, thrive on it. Who cares?

When I came out to L. A., I got a part in an episode of 'Star Trek: Voyager,' and I hired an acting coach.

Day is a snow-white Dove of heaven That from the East glad message brings. Night is a stealthy, evil Raven, Wrapped to the eyes in his black wings.