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I’d rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not;-Kurt Cobain

"I think art is inherently nonviolent and it actually occupies your mind with creation rather than destruction."-Anthony Kiedis

"A musician’s or artist’s responsibility is a simple one, and that is, through your music to tell the truth."-Tom Morello

"Through Kurt I saw the beauty of minimalism and the importance of music that’s stripped down."-Dave Grohl

"We’re immature guys playing pranks on people, having fun."-Tom DeLonge

"I think people buy our records because they finally see three guys that are funny and have personalities but play serious songs about things they can relate to … Kids say they can relate to what our songs are about. They feel like we’re their friends."- Tom DeLonge

"We just kind of did our own thing and got made fun of by the popular kids. It was kind of like a badge of honor to be an outcast."-Mark Hoppus

"You know I love pot, and I love beer, but I am totally sober, just because it completely stopped working for me."-Anthony Kiedis

"That dude who played drums in Nirvana."-Dave Grohl

"Usually after making a record, you imagine it to be your last, … You just feel tapped out. This time, for whatever reason, this album inspired me to keep writing. It made me feel like we still have good albums in us, that we’re still capable of making good records for years to come."-Dave Grohl

"Anger is a gift."-Zack de la Rocha

"It’s not like we just changed a rapper for a singer, … We happen to have one of the greatest rock singers of all time."-Tom Morello

"I don’t think there are too many rock bands in history that can look at the beginning and middle and ending of themselves and see what I see when I think of Soundgarden. I think from the beginning through the middle and the end it was such a perfect ride and such a perfect legacy to leave."-Chris Cornell

"School is practice for future life, practice makes perfect and nobodys perfect, so why practice?"-Billie Joe Armstrong

"Music is not some stuffy college lecture, … On a good day, Rage Against the Machine is not able to just rock you like a hurricane, but also to fuel the engine with indignation and the band’s activist convictions."-Tom Morello

"It’s great when you play to an audience that knows the words to all your songs, and sings them back to you."-Chris Cornell

"And if you dont believe the sun will rise, stand alone and greet the coming night in the last remaining light."-Chris Cornell

"Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are."-Kurt Cobain

"Rather be dead than cool."-Kurt Cobain

“I am not gay, although I wish I were, just to piss off homophobes.”-Kurt Cobain