#nirvana

I like the guitar-driven music of Nirvana at its peak. At that point, I thought there was a lot of really exciting music coming out. ↗

— Al Yankovic

#exciting #i #like #lot #music

I've spent a lot of time in the United States and I'm not under any illusions that it's a crime-free nirvana. I'm well aware it has plenty of problems, though they seem to be associated with particular areas. ↗

— Gary Numan

#areas #associated #aware #i #illusions

No True Talent is fully organic. Yet the superior talented have not only control of study but that extra special, little gift at birth--fueled by passion.A built in, totally spiritual, unexplainable, New Age,fuckin cosmic energy bursting love for passion. And yes,they are an even smaller percent amongst the small percent. And they are special! ↗

— Kurt Cobain

#kurt-cobain #nirvana #precipice #age

Municipal debt outstanding doubled in the past 10 years. And in the past 30 years, the U.S. has been in real economic nirvana. ↗

— Meredith Whitney

#debt #doubled #economic #in the past #municipal

Nirvana was huge, but it didn't appeal to everyone. ↗

— Eddie Van Halen

#everyone #huge #nirvana

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

When I heard Nirvana, it changed my life. ↗

— Joel Madden

#heard #i #life #my life #nirvana

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

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

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

— Gary Cherone

#different #jam #king #nirvana #out