“The people I looked up to put their demons out there. They provided a path for me to walk on.”— Juice WRLD, nme.com
“I just thought...I couldn’t stand living, and I was afraid of dying. And that’s, you know, you hear— like Kurt Cobain, who shot himself. That’s just a long-term solution to a short-term problem. I’ve got too much to live for, you know? But when you’re in that hole, when you’re in that hole...it’s a…”— Ozzy Osbourne, amazon.com
“These people are fascinated by me, but I haven't done anything. I'm famous by default. I came out of the womb and people wanted to know who I was because of my parents. If you're a big Nirvana fan, a big Hole fan, then I understand why you would want to get to know me, but I'm not my parents. People…”— Frances Bean Cobain, harpersbazaar.com
“My dad was exceptionally ambitious. But he had a lot thrown on him, exceeding his ambition. He wanted his band to be successful. But he didn't want to be the fucking voice of a generation.”— Frances Bean Cobain, rollingstone.com
“Kurt got to the point where he eventually had to sacrifice every bit of who he was to his art, because the world demanded it of him. I think that was one of the main triggers as to why he felt he didn't want to be here and everyone would be happier without him.”— Frances Bean Cobain, rollingstone.com
“When I first found out, I was in a hotel room in Washington, D.C., and I just tore the place to shreds. Then I just kind of sat in the rubble, which somehow felt right…[it felt] like my world at the moment.”— Eddie Vedder, articles.latimes.com
“I tell you, man, when our first record came out, I was shocked how many people related to some of that stuff. Something like 'Alive,' so many people dealt with death through that song. Like people dealt with the death of love through 'Black' and so many people dealt with suicide through 'Jeremy.' Th…”— Eddie Vedder, fivehorizons.com
“There was a lot of stuff that got said, but none of it really matters. And I like to think he may have had second thoughts about some of the things he said, you know... I mean there's a person we both knew, who told me that Kurt asked about me a lot, like picked their brains about me, this person wh…”— Eddie Vedder, fivehorizons.com
“I always thought I'd go first. I don't know why I thought that. It just seemed like I would. I mean, I didn't know him on a daily basis—far from it. But, in a way, I don't even feel right being here without him. It's so difficult to really believe he's gone. I still talk about him like he's still he…”— Eddie Vedder, fivehorizons.com
“Every time I gave Kurt Cobain and his friends a ride home.. he'd call "Shotgun!"”— relayrider, reddit.com