Krist Novoselic Quotes
"Sunshine Cake is just a fun hobby thing. That's about it."
- Krist Novoselic
(Related: Fun)
"I think pot should be legalized, but I think the promotion of party culture is irresponsible."
- Krist Novoselic
(Related: Culture, Party, Promotion)
"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
(Related: Relationships)
"Theodore Roethke was a poet I was raised with so he has a lot of sentimental value for me."
- Krist Novoselic
(Related: Value)
"This band is a real collaboration, and I'm greatful to anybody who can appreciate our music. It doesn't have to be a certain kind of fan or person or anything. I think there's a little bit of something for everybody on this record."
- Krist Novoselic
(Related: Music, Collaboration)
"We're all players and musicians and we sure all get along good. We just clicked right off the bat. We started playing and then we almost immediately started recording."
- Krist Novoselic
(Related: Musicians, Right)
"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
(Related: Music, Diversity)
"And Seattle isn't really crazy anymore. It's a big dot-com city."
- Krist Novoselic
"No band is special, no player royalty."
- Krist Novoselic
(Related: Royalty)
"Mike Watt and I had the same teacher. Mr. Tanaka."
- 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
(Related: Thought, Perspective)
"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
(Related: Now, Right, Today, Wrong)
"Our idea is simply to play the songs and to emphasize our musicianship."
- Krist Novoselic
(Related: Idea, Play, Songs)
"If you've got a guitar and a lot of soul, just bang something out and mean it. You're the superstar."
- Krist Novoselic
(Related: Soul, Guitar)
"I'm just really happy, because I think we're a great band, and I really like great bands."
- 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
(Related: Guitar, Song)
"But remember, guitar players are a dime a dozen."
- Krist Novoselic
(Related: Guitar)
"But this is pretty new for me, both songwriting and singing."
- Krist Novoselic
(Related: Pretty, Singing)
"But whenever history is in the making, there's some kind of intangible feeling."
- Krist Novoselic
(Related: History, Feeling)
"Don't follow a trend. Follow your heart."
- Krist Novoselic
(Related: Heart)
"I can't remember the last time I looked at a Nirvana web site."
- Krist Novoselic
(Related: Time)
"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
(Related: Time, Right, Songs)
"I kind of discovered my voice for the first time, and the more I did it, the better it got."
- Krist Novoselic
(Related: Time, First, Voice)
"I live out in the country now and it's quiet and it's a place where I can think a lot."
- Krist Novoselic
(Related: Country, Now, Quiet)
"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
(Related: Music, Positive, Community, Legislators, Taxes)
"Just the other day I pulled out this old cassette of Ragged Glory and I popped it into my cassette player and I was digging it. They were just a great rock and roll band, one that presents the song ahead of everything else - there's no grand idea or concept behind it."
- Krist Novoselic
(Related: Idea, Day, Glory, Old, Song)
"We remember Kurt for what he was: caring, generous and sweet."
- Krist Novoselic
(Related: Caring)
"Let's keep the music with us. We'll always have it."
- Krist Novoselic
(Related: Music)