#nirvana

I can't remember the last time I looked at a Nirvana web site. ↗

— Krist Novoselic

#last #last time #looked #nirvana #remember

Nirvana was pop. You can have distorted guitars and people say it's alternative, but you can't break out of pop music's constructs and still get extensive radio play and media coverage. ↗

— Kristin Hersh

#break #constructs #coverage #distorted #extensive

I heard Nirvana, and discovered that songs could be like poetry, but a little bit more refined: you didn't have to have 20 verses to get your point across. ↗

— Justin Townes Earle

#bit #could #discovered #get #heard

It is said that love does not last, that it is just a momentary spell cast upon your soul by some higher power, or a small trick of the mind. If this were all true, there would be no story to tell. ↗

— Natalie Valdes

#love #mind #nirvana #power #souls

He was depressed. He was addicted to heroin. And I think there comes a time when all the beauty in the world just isn’t enough. ↗

— Antony John

#heroin #kallie #kurt-cobain #music #nirvana

And the Buddha pointed out that his confusion was justified, for 'the dharma is profound, difficult to see, difficult to understand, peaceful, excellent, beyond the sphere of logic, subtle, and to be understood by the wise'. The reason for this is that it is not readily comprehended by one who holds a different view and has different learnings and inclinations, different involvements and instruction. It is clear from this statement that the conception of nibbāna in beyond logical reasoning, not because it is an Ultimate Reality transcending logic, but because logic or reason, being the 'slave of passions', makes it difficult for one who has a passion for an alien tradition to understand the conception of nibbāna. ↗

— David J. Kalupahana

#buddhism #logic #nirvana #philosophy #reason

I think the idea of creating a television news source that is not beholden to corporate interests is nirvana. ↗

— Phil Donahue

#corporate #corporate interests #creating #i #i think

With Rock Band, you can play along to Black Sabbath or Nirvana and possibly find new ways of appreciating their artistry by being allowed to perform parallel to it. Rock Band puts you inside the guts of a song. ↗

— Carrie Brownstein

#along #appreciating #artistry #band #being

When 5150 came out rock was king. Post Nirvana and Pearl Jam 1996 is a different story. ↗

— Gary Cherone

#different #jam #king #nirvana #out

The REM and Nirvana successes don't mean much to me except as a potential distraction for bands who want to cash in on the trend. Don't try to sound like someone else. REM and Nirvana don't sound like anyone else. ↗

— Greg Ginn

#bands #cash #distraction #else #except