Best 21 quotes in «grunge quotes» category

There's not a word that describes us. We’re not alternative, metal or grunge - we’re not any of that. We’re just what we are.

Any local music scene at any point in time can be referred to as derivative of more well-known acts. The line separating influence from imitation is a blurry one. Very few artists are completely original; even great artists build upon what has occurred before, and add their personality and talent to create their own original expression.

When I began in the late '90s, I felt quite lonely. We were coming out of the grunge era; it was the time of Corinne Day, The Face, the height of the YBAs, where models had to be "real," on real locations with no lighting. I rebelled against the grungeys - I didn't find the faux naturalism to be representative!

When you're in a band - before it got to grunge - you dressed the bit. So yeah, I've always had an attitude with the clothes.

Because we knew that grunge was the sound of a screaming saw blade—a spawning salmon flicking gravel. It looked like a clearcut. And if you cracked grunge open you would find a moldy fifth wheel trailer inside.

People listen to music for different reasons. Some people, -its background music— but other people need it to survive. Other people need music to get things out and maybe that’s just where I’m coming from, you know, when things weren’t easy for me, growing up. You know, music, I felt, saved my life. Pete Townshend, wherever you are, Pete, you saved my life. You know, whether he knows it or not. I wouldn’t be here. And I had absolutely nothing else besides music. And so that’s still, you know, that’s in me, and so if we’re gonna play, if we’re gonna get up and play, or write a song, you know, write about something that means something. You know, why write about, you know, 'Oh, pretty day', or, 'Pretty girl' or 'Pretty people', there’s nothing… people have different reasons for listening and playing. I need to —for me-, it’s much more.. religious!

Don't be bitter and mean 'cause you don’t fit in, it’s a GIFT. Look at you. You’ve got your individuality, you don’t have the herd instinct, you can read Nietzsche and understand it. Only dumb people are happy.

No one wants to die or even plans to die, at least not when you are young and living life on top of everything, stepping on gold, running the miles with hot chicks on tow, but even if I wasn’t a rock star, and just a normal civilian, I still wouldn’t plan to die young. Death is so boring.

As far as the grunge thing, there are three bands from Seattle that I would call true grunge.

That was 1993 grunge in suburbia. This was 2003 hell in Harlem. (Dark City Lights)

Tell me sir if you will, where in the Bible does it state that it’s ok to judge others based purely on assumption? Can you see now who is the lesser evil between the two?

Doolittle was a major influence on the Seattle grunge scene, which emerged in the early 1990s.

I absolutely think the Seattle grunge sound was instrumental to my music education.

Exactly you had to dress in flannel, and if you were a grunge band, before the grunge thing took off and you said you were METAL.

Grunge is a hippied romantic version of punk.

I hate grunge. It was the worst period of my life.

If punk was about getting rid of hippies, then I'm getting rid of grunge.

Punk came along and grunge made guitar solos uncool.

I've always believed that we could reach past genre -- we didn't ride the grunge coat-tails; we've always been on our terms.

Im the mold that grunge was grown in.

Never had a ska phase, but I was in a very grunge-like rock band that awkwardly had an alto sax in it.