Frances Bean Cobain Quotes

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I'm a different person. I don't want to be titled as Courtney Love and Kurt Cobain's daughter. I want to be thought of as Frances Cobain.

Frances Bean Cobain
While I'm generally silent on the affairs of my biological mother, her recent tirade has taken a gross turn. I have never been approached by Dave Grohl in more than a platonic way. I'm in a monogamous relationship and very happy. Twitter should ban my mother.

Frances Bean Cobain
I wish there was an on & off switch for my brain. I think too fucking much.

Frances Bean Cobain
Attempting to be a people pleaser is a fruitless task so, fuck it.

Frances Bean Cobain
No. I would have felt more awkward if I'd been a fan. I was around 15 when I realized he was inescapable. Even if I was in a car and had the radio on, there's my dad. He's larger than life and our culture is obsessed with dead musicians. We love to put them on a pedestal. If Kurt had just been another guy who abandoned his family in the most awful way possible… But he wasn't. He inspired people to put him on a pedestal, to become St. Kurt.

Frances Bean Cobain
She tells me to "live free and be free, but listen to other people's advice." I listen, but I don't always follow it.

Frances Bean Cobain
It paints a portrait of a man attempting to cope with being a human.

Frances Bean Cobain
Being a people pleaser is a fruitless task; love is love. There's no debating that concept.

Frances Bean Cobain
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
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. In reality, if he had lived, I would have had a dad. And that would have been an incredible experience.

Frances Bean Cobain
I don't really like Nirvana that much. [grins] Sorry, promotional people, Universal. I'm more into Mercury Rev, Oasis, Brian Jonestown Massacre. [laughs] The grunge scene is not what I'm interested in. But "Territorial Pissings" is a fucking great song. And "Dumb"—I cry every time I hear that song. It's a stripped-down version of Kurt's perception of himself—of himself on drugs, off drugs, feeling inadequate to be titled the voice of a generation.

Frances Bean Cobain
Even though Kurt died in the most horrific way possible, there is this mythology and romanticism that surrounds him, because he's 27 forever. The shelf life of an artist or musician isn't particularly long. Kurt has gotten to icon status because he will never age. He will always be that relevant in that time and always be beautiful.

Frances Bean Cobain
Embrace life, because you only get one life. The people you mentioned wasted that life. Don't be 1 of those people.

Frances Bean Cobain
My favorite color is light pink. I also like baby blue because it brings out my eyes.

Frances Bean Cobain
My fiancé is so handsome. Imma have to send his parents a fruit basket thanking them for creating the perfect man.

Frances Bean Cobain
I'm not attacking anyone. I have no animosity towards Lana, I was just trying to put things in perspective from personal experience

Frances Bean Cobain
Halloween is so close I can practically taste the children's tears.

Frances Bean Cobain
The Idealization of deep flaws seeping through coiled cracks;
The reality we all want to avoid is a plagued sickness we choose to live with.

Frances Bean Cobain
They [Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, and Pat Smear] look at me, and you can see they're looking at a ghost. … Dave said, "She is so much like Kurt." They were all talking amongst themselves, rehashing old stories I'd heard a million times. I was sitting in a chair, chain-smoking, looking down like this. [acts bored] And they went, "You are doing exactly what your father would have done."

Frances Bean Cobain
Saddened to hear the passing of a true artistic master, H. R. Giger. Ur legacy will live on through ur innovative & stimulating originality

Frances Bean Cobain
Happy birthday to my unorthodox/free spirited mother Courtney thanks for teaching me to embrace creativity and survive

Frances Bean Cobain
Teetering in between worlds with a sleepy conscious, pestilence, infinite knowledge, alienation, burning cigarettes, vibes & male seahorses.

Frances Bean Cobain
I get it, I really do, but at the same time, it's creepy. It's creepy to see fan sites about me.

Frances Bean Cobain
I'd like to thank my parents for providing me with a high IQ & I'd like to thank my grams for encouraging me not to be a self absorbed idiot

Frances Bean Cobain
Two out of my three cats follow me around like furry little stalkers. It's such a nice ego boost.

Frances Bean Cobain