Krist Novoselic Quotes

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

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'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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

But remember, guitar players are a dime a dozen.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

The perception of him as brooding and dark and miserable, that is baloney. Kurt Cobain was a funny dude.

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

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

Don't follow a trend. Follow your heart.

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.

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.