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Friday, March 24, 2006

I'll give Kurt Cobain this

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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posted by Bill at 4:19 AM

9 Comments:

  • 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.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 12:41 PM  

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

    By Blogger Sizzle, at 12:51 PM  

  • 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,

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 6:44 PM  

  • 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?

    By Blogger Bill, at 11:00 PM  

  • Wow.

    Hmm.

    By Blogger Spinning Girl, at 12:39 AM  

  • Truer words won't be found

    By Blogger Diamond, at 6:43 PM  

  • It's better than "A mosquito, my libido," though I love that one too.

    By Blogger Scarlet Hip, at 10:33 PM  

  • The only quote ever attributed to me is, "Has anyone seen my pants?"

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

    By Blogger Bill, at 1:32 AM  

  • Don't be dissing Seattle.

    By Blogger egan, at 6:41 PM  

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