Krist Novoselic Quotes

Don't follow a trend. Follow your heart.

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.

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.

Theodore Roethke was a poet I was raised with so he has a lot of sentimental value for me.

No band is special, no player royalty.

But this is pretty new for me, both songwriting and singing.

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.

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.

Sunshine Cake is just a fun hobby thing. That's about it.

But remember, guitar players are a dime a dozen.

But whenever history is in the making, there's some kind of intangible feeling.

I think pot should be legalized, but I think the promotion of party culture is irresponsible.

I'm just really happy, because I think we're a great band, and I really like great bands.

And Seattle isn't really crazy anymore. It's a big dot-com city.

The perception of him as brooding and dark and miserable, that is baloney.

Kurt Cobain was a funny dude.

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 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.

We remember Kurt for what he was: caring, generous and sweet.

I can't remember the last time I looked at a Nirvana web site.

Mike Watt and I had the same teacher. Mr. Tanaka.

I live out in the country now and it's quiet and it's a place where I can think a lot.

Our idea is simply to play the songs and to emphasize our musicianship.

Let's keep the music with us. We'll always have it.

I kind of discovered my voice for the first time, and the more I did it, the better it got.

When I perform, I like to immerse myself in the music, and I just try to get off on the diversity of music.

She's intense and passionate, so she's perfect.

We remember Kurt Cobain for what he was: Caring, generous, and sweet.

Let's keep the music with us. We'll always have it.