{"author":"Kurt Cobain","author_id":"Kurt+Cobain","total_quotes":37,"quotes":[{"text":"Wanting to be someone else is a waste of who you are.","author":"Kurt Cobain","tags":["individuality","inspirational","misattributed","self-acceptance"],"id":11707,"author_id":"Kurt+Cobain"},{"text":"Punk is musical freedom. It's saying, doing and playing what you want. In Webster's terms, 'nirvana' means freedom from pain, suffering and the external world, and that's pretty close to my definition of Punk Rock.","author":"Kurt Cobain","tags":["pain","world","suffering "],"id":16541,"author_id":"Kurt+Cobain"},{"text":"Rather be dead than cool.","author":"Kurt Cobain","tags":["dead","rather","than "],"id":40520,"author_id":"Kurt+Cobain"},{"text":"It's my fault but the most violating thing I've felt this year is not the media exaggerations or the catchy gossip, but the rape of my personal thoughts.","author":"Kurt Cobain","tags":["personal-thoughts","thoughts"],"id":57306,"author_id":"Kurt+Cobain"},{"text":"Rape is one of the most terrible crimes on earth and it happens every few minutes. The problem with groups who deal with rape is that they try to educate women about how to defend themselves. What really needs to be done is teaching men not to rape. Go to the source and start there.","author":"Kurt Cobain","tags":["rape"],"id":68529,"author_id":"Kurt+Cobain"},{"text":"Words suck. I mean, every thing has been said. I can't remember the last real interesting conversation I've had in a long time. Words aren't as important as the energy derived from music, especially live.","author":"Kurt Cobain","tags":["conversation","music","words"],"id":87382,"author_id":"Kurt+Cobain"},{"text":"Drugs are a waste of time. They destroy your memory and your self-respect and everything that goes along with your self esteem.","author":"Kurt Cobain","tags":["drugs"],"id":89299,"author_id":"Kurt+Cobain"},{"text":"I use bits and pieces of others personalities to form my own.","author":"Kurt Cobain","tags":["bits","personalities","personality","pieces"],"id":90104,"author_id":"Kurt+Cobain"},{"text":"Punk rock should mean freedom, liking and excepting anything that you like. Playing whatever you want. As sloppy as you want. As long as it's good and it has passion.","author":"Kurt Cobain","tags":["freedom","passion","punk","punk-rock"],"id":103363,"author_id":"Kurt+Cobain"},{"text":"I decided that in order to become a big famous rock star, I would need to write my very own songs instead of wasting my time learning other peoples music too much. It may act as an obstruction in developing your very own personal style.","author":"Kurt Cobain","tags":["music","musician","rockstar"],"id":126576,"author_id":"Kurt+Cobain"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":37,"pages":4,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}