N K M Krist F Quotes & Sayings

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. — Krist Novoselic

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

Don't follow a trend. Follow your heart. — Krist Novoselic

I'm just really happy, because I think we're a great band, and I really like great bands. — Krist Novoselic

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. — Krist Novoselic

If you've got a guitar and a lot of soul, just bang something out and mean it. You're the superstar. — Krist Novoselic

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. — Krist Novoselic

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. — Krist Novoselic

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

Boys did not go to work on the railroad simply because their fathers did. What fetched them were sights and sounds of moving trains, and above all the whistle of a locomotive. I've heard of the call of the wild, the call of the law, the call of the church. There is also the call of the railroad. — Gary Krist

The Illinois Constitution was written before they realized they'd have a city the size of Chicago in the state. The constitution had severe limits on the ability of any city to raise monies through taxes and bonds. When Chicago grew explosively, they had to come up with ways of getting more money to do more things. — Gary Krist

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

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

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

Many critics, when trying to praise a short-story collection, will say that it has the heft and scope of a good novel. But for me, one of the highest compliments you can pay a novel is to say that it has the rich texture and eloquent detail of a good story collection. — Gary Krist

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

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. — Krist Novoselic

I wanted to stimulate thought instead of throwing things out or try to give a perspective. I just put stuff up and it's up for two or three weeks and I get tired of it, so I take it down and put something else up. — Krist Novoselic

Something often neglected in popular accounts of the Wild West is the extent to which its dramas were colored by the politics and personal resentments left by the Civil War. — Gary Krist

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

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. — Krist Novoselic

No band is special, no player royalty. — Krist Novoselic

But this is pretty new for me, both songwriting and singing. — Krist Novoselic

But remember, guitar players are a dime a dozen. — Krist Novoselic

Future historians trying to determine what it was like to be alive in fin de millennium America should read the last two decades of O. Henry and Best American short-story collections. — Gary Krist

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

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. — Krist Novoselic

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. — Krist Novoselic

There is an answer to this question, and for anyone who is well and truly afflicted with wanderlust, it is obvious. My favorite place is always the NEXT place--the place I haven't been yet. — Bob Krist

Lionel Essrog, the twitching, barking, gabbling narrator of Jonathan Lethem's new novel, 'Motherless Brooklyn,' is no movie-of-the-week novelty grafted onto a noir mystery. Maybe his Tourette's is a gimmick, but it's a gimmick with depth, with soul. — Gary Krist