Grunge is a raw and unfiltered expression of life in its most authentic form. These quotes make you think about grunge which is an alternative rock genre and subculture that emerged during the mid-1980s.
Best Grunge Quotes
I had phases of listening to rap and trap, and then I had phases where I’d listen to post hardcore, rap, grunge, metal all that. I had different time periods of listening to different music. And now it all clashes together. Juice Wrld
People who don’t feel pain anymore are the most damaged. Juansen Dizon
I’m like pixie grunge. The perfect blend of sugar and spice. Rico Nasty
For a girl with such a dark mind, you’re a little too in love with the sunrise. Sherry Namdeo
Grunge is a hippied romantic version of punk. Marc Jacobs
People listen to music for different reasons. Some people, its background music but other people need it to survive. Other people need music to get things out and maybe that’s just where I’m coming from, you know, when things weren’t easy for me, growing up. You know, music, I felt, saved my life. Pete Townshend, wherever you are, Pete, you saved my life. You know, whether he knows it or not. I wouldn’t be here. And I had absolutely nothing else besides music. And so that’s still, you know, that’s in me, and so if we’re gonna play, if we’re gonna get up and play, or write a song, you know, write about something that means something. You know, why write about, you know, Oh, pretty day, or, Pretty girl or Pretty people, there’s nothing people have different reasons for listening and playing. I need to or me, it’s much more religious! Eddie Vedder
If someone says grunge or punk, you know what the sound is, but if you say No Wave, it’s kind of mysterious. That was the most interesting part and should have been the most inspirational thing about it here’s this collective sonic insanity, and none of it sounds anything alike. Lydia Lunch
Tell me sir if you will, where in the Bible does it state that it’s ok to judge others based purely on assumption? Can you see now who is the lesser evil between the two? Sofea Shah
Musicians are often asked to answer for an entire culture, or for an entire movement. It’s a process of commodification. It becomes packaged and summarized in a word like emo or grunge or folk music. I think that’s just language itself, trying to understand the mysteries of the world. Sufjan Stevens
Don’t be bitter and mean ’cause you don’t fit in, it’s a gıft. Look at you. You’ve got your individuality, you don’t have the herd instinct, you can read Nietzsche and understand it. Only dumb people are happy. Courtney Love
Grunge came from a group of English photographers, and they were documenting their own reality. I’m South American we celebrate life. Mario Testino
Because we knew that grunge was the sound of a screaming saw blade a spawning salmon flicking gravel. It looked like a clearcut. And if you cracked grunge open you would find a moldy fifth wheel trailer inside. Missy Anne
With Pantera, we lived through so many trend of the day situations when grunge was huge, we were still a heavy metal band; when hip hop started getting incorporated into metal, we stuck to our guns and remained a heavy metal band very purposefully. Phil Anselmo
That was 1993 grunge in suburbia. This was 2003 hell in Harlem. Eve Kagan
As far as the grunge thing, there are three bands from Seattle that I would call true grunge. Adam Jones
No one wants to die or even plans to die, at least not when you are young and living life on top of everything, stepping on gold, running the miles with hot chicks on tow, but even if I wasn’t a rock star, and just a normal civilian, I still wouldn’t plan to die young. Death is so boring. Sofea Shah
Something happened in the nineties. There was a shift. I don’t want to blame it on grunge or the rise of indie but that was basically it. It was seen as dirty and kind of ignorant to have these ambitions, to want to be a big band. Brandon Flowers
Any local music scene at any point in time can be referred to as derivative of more well known acts. The line separating influence from imitation is a blurry one. Very few artists are completely original; even great artists build upon what has occurred before, and add their personality and talent to create their own original expression. Stephen Tow
I’m not an 80s fan. I’m more 70s New York pre punk kind of thing, and I guess I grew up with 90s grunge, post punk pop music. Jessica Pare
I wanted to kill AutoTune like Kurt Cobain killed the hair bands. Jay Z
The Melvins are grunge. Adam Jones
Grunge is a hippied romantic version of punk. Marc Jacobs
My parents convictions, when it came to discipline, were not very strong. For my bar mitzvah, I gave out a mix tape of 90s grunge if you got it now, you would think it was the Singles soundtrack. Adam Pally
I’m the mold that grunge was grown in. Townes Van Zandt
I seriously do not think Nirvana is grunge. Adam Jones
I don’t know much about that whole grunge thing. Todd Snider
The world is a pile of grunge. Jo Stafford
What I liked about grunge was the realness. It wasn’t pretty, it wasn’t glamorous. Sir Mix a Lot
Yes, I would say my comedy is grunge, evidenced by the fact my jokes have put an end to big hair glam comedy. Joel McHale
The world is a pile of grunge. Jo Stafford
I have a lot of looks but right now I’m really into grunge. Messy hair, black heels. I get Michelle Pfeiffer with it. Chloe Grace Moretz
Punk came along and grunge made guitar solos uncool. David Pajo
The pop musicians often leave meaning in the dust and substitute it for cartoons. The deeper artists the grunge artists in the world and the emoticon people tend to leave all of the happiness out of life like it just doesn’t exist. Hal Sparks
I’m like pixie grunge. The perfect blend of sugar and spice. Rico Nasty
I absolutely think the Seattle grunge sound was instrumental to my music education. David Cook
Some of my early musical memories are attached to grunge. Mike Posner
I’m too young to have experienced firsthand the 70s rock, but when I was in high school, me and my friends were super into Neil Young. That was the grunge era, and he was considered cool again. Bryan Lee O’Malley
I was a failed grunge kid who was too nerdy to totally get down with rock. Oneohtrix Point Never
I think it’s mainly when I need inspiration I look at the old pictures. I don’t find it as much in the new stuff. I love Carole Lombard. I think she’s wonderful. Gloria Grahame was really great. Garbo. Dietrich. People knew how to create an illusion. Now everything is very realistic and straightforward. Everyone’s grunge. Kelly Rutherford
The grunge scene is not what I’m interested in. Frances Bean Cobain
Grunge was so self consciously lowbrow and nonaspirational that it seemed, at first, impervious to the hype and glamour normally applied swiftly to any emerging trend. But sure enough, grunge anthems found their way onto the soundtracks of television commercials, and Dodge Neons were hawked by kids in flannel shirts saying, Whatever. Douglas Rushkoff
I seriously do not think Nirvana is grunge. Adam Jones
I have such an eclectic taste in music. Come to a backyard BBQ at my house, and I will run the gamut from Skynyrd to Sinatra to 90s grunge, rap, R&B, and classic rock. I have issues. If I had to pick one, I love this country artist named Craig Morgan. His music and his songs are so relatable and tell such vivid stories. Mike Vogel
I wanted to kill Auto Tune like Kurt Cobain killed the hair bands. Jay Z
When I got into all the grunge stuff, I really liked Hole. I actually saw them in concert when I was a sophomore in high school. It was kind of rare to see a successful female rocker get down and dirty with the guys. And Courtney Love did. It was fun to be a fan of something different. Carrie Underwood
People act like Nirvana invented grunge; they just took it and personified it. Billy Corgan
Every once in a while, we have some sort of movement in music that everyone suddenly wants to work in, like grunge or rap or disco or some other musical phase, and then suddenly, that’ll be the thing to do. Todd Rundgren
Grunge, like Nirvana and all that. Heavy metal, Iron Maiden, Metallica, Guns and Roses, drum and bass. But the energy in that music, I love it. Dizzee Rascal
I was big into grunge, like Nirvana and Hole, when I was younger, which has been a really huge inspiration because of its rawness and honesty. Tove Lo
Nirvana was a band that led you somewhere, as opposed to all the grunge bands that began and ended with themselves. Jens Lekman
Some of my early musical memories are attached to grunge. Mike Posner
My exposure to independent music was via Nirvana and grunge so I’d never gotten into punk. I don’t really like that music of Crass, but I love the band, and I love their way, and their presentation. Phil Elverum
Of all the grunge bands to come out of Seattle, Alice in Chains were the greatest. Dimebag Darrell
It’s all magic to me. Country to punk rock, all of it. Chopin to Kurt Cobain. But it always all comes back to punk for me, because that was the last time, punk rock or grunge rock, was the last time that passion ruled the airwaves. James Marsters
What was interesting about grunge was that it was this death sentence to the rock that had preceded it, which was hair metal. Mike D
People misinterpret my emotions towards Nirvana because I’ve said things about how something happened with grunge that took a little bit of fun out of things. It’s no offense to Nirvana; they were one of the greats, obviously. But something died there, too, and we haven’t quite gotten the groove back. Brandon Flowers
I grew up on, and kind of came of age, during the grunge movement and was introduced to Neil Young and Bob Dylan and grew up on that path. Jim James
My fashion icons range from bubblegum pop princesses to grunge queens. Kerli
I was always so many different things, all at once a little hood, a little punk, a little grunge, a little glam, a little gay. I have a whole bunch of flavours. Princess Nokia
Exactly. You had to dress in flannel, and if you were a grunge band, before the grunge thing took off and you said you were metal. Charlie Benante
I started a big band when grunge was popular. I mean, that didn’t make much sense. Brian Setzer
When you’re in a band before it got to grunge you dressed the bit. So yeah, I’ve always had an attitude with the clothes. Ringo Starr
Best two rock voices I’ve heard in a last few years both have been from grunge bands it’s Eddie Vedder and the other one is Chris Cornell from Soundgarden. Bruce Dickinson
The grunge thing was a little bit atrocious. Let’s all put on plaid shirts and be as dirty as possible! Neve Campbell
I’m the mold that grunge was grown in. Townes Van Zandt
I grew up in the 90s in the time of grunge when if you didn’t go on stage in jeans and a T shirt you weren’t real. That seemed ridiculous to me. Jack White
Every place has its own punk flavor, but they all borrowed ideas from SoCal. It’s still a vibrant scene creeping into every crevasse of youth culture. When you hear grunge, you think of the 90s, but when you hear L.A. punk, it’s timeless. Greg Graffin
I have a lot of looks, but right now I’m really into grunge. Messy hair, black heels. I get Michelle Pfeiffer with it. Chloe Grace Moretz
All the skateboarding brands that I was into had graphic T shirts. In the 90s, there were different styles that went along with the different influences in skateboarding, whether that be hip hop or rock and roll and grunge. And that’s what I was into, so I was following all that. Virgil Abloh
The word grunge became a household term, and fashion runways were filled with flannel shirts and long underwear. Dave Grohl
I like women who look like women. I hated grunge. No one’s more feminist than me, but you don’t have to look as if you don’t give a you know. You can be smart, bright, and attractive aesthetically to others and to yourself. Catherine Zeta Jones
I’ll admit it, the grunge trend doesn’t really speak to me. I get why other people like it, but it’s just not my style. Don’t get me wrong, I love layering, but I like it when it is done with a little more polish and sophistication. Nina Garcia
I grew up in the grunge era. I’ve always resisted the idea of being part of a machine, wanting just to be an artist in my own right. But at some point, I just realized shutting things out took more energy than just letting it in. Kevin Parker
I experimented with fashion as it being more like art, allowing what I wore to express what I was feeling on the inside. Androgyny, rock culture, and grunge they definitely had an effect on the things that made me feel cool and comfortable. Ruby Rose
In the early 90s, it was grunge; everybody was fully clothed. Alanis Morissette was one of the biggest artists in the world, never wore makeup, wearing Doc Marten boots, and then the Spice Girls turn up, and suddenly it all looks a bit burlesque; suddenly they’re the biggest band in the world. Caitlin Moran
I like women who look like women. I hated grunge. No one’s more feminist than me, but you don’t have to look as if you don’t give a you know. You can be smart, bright, and attractive aesthetically to others and to yourself. Catherine Zeta Jones
After my grunge phase, I started opening my horizons and listening to more electronic stuff. I got into Radiohead, specifically Amnesiac my brother gave me that album. Kevin Parker
I find it interesting where grunge originated from and then where it was taken, which was high fashion. My dad was so poor that they kept going to Goodwill to get donated ripped jeans. It wasn’t a fashion decision; it was an I don’t have any money, I have no other choice type of decision. Frances Bean Cobain
My fashion icons range from bubblegum pop princesses to grunge queens. Kerli
I absolutely think the Seattle grunge sound was instrumental to my music education. David Cook
I never really followed grunge. Robert Quine
As far as the grunge thing, there are three bands from Seattle that I would call true grunge. Adam Jones
It’s all magic to me. Country to punk rock, all of it. Chopin to Kurt Cobain. But it always all comes back to punk for me, because that was the last time, punk rock or grunge rock, was the last time that passion ruled the airwaves. James Marsters
Doolittle was a major influence on the Seattle grunge scene, which emerged in the early 1990s. Joey Santiago
When it comes to grunge or even just Seattle, I think there was one band that made the definitive music of the time. It wasn’t us or Nirvana, but Mudhoney. Nirvana delivered it to the world, but Mudhoney were the band of that time and sound. Eddie Vedder
Best two rock voices I’ve heard in a last few years both have been from grunge bands it’s Eddie Vedder and the other one is Chris Cornell from Soundgarden. Bruce Dickinson
Spectrum is in part a disco song. But we play it hard, and it’s a real euphoric, wailing tune. It’s kind of like a total house anthem, in a way, but it seems to be going down really well. We’ve got all the grunge kids going mad for disco house raves. Florence Welch
I don’t want to pooh pooh modern pop. I appreciate that as well, but my personal favorite kind of music is guitar based rock. I like grunge and garage bands and alternative music, but that’s more my personal taste. Al Yankovic
There hasn’t been anything real since grunge. That was the last movement led by music or an art form. Daphne Guinness
We had a wonderful time with this kind of grunge awareness, where suddenly rock was cool again. People wanted to hear loud guitars. It was a great time, and I’m glad we were there. But the gimmick part has worn off. Billy Corgan
It’s like, what happened, I was always leading fashion, and then the grunge thing kind of came along. And because I’ve been so on top in the 80s you know, I, you know, what can I do? Suddenly go grunge? Billy Idol
Grunge, man, that was incredible. It was dangerous. Songs could be short, long, a lark, majestic. You were constantly being surprised. Martin Popoff
I love 90s grunge and punk. Alice Dellal
There hasn’t been anything real since grunge. That was the last movement led by music or an art form. Daphne Guinness
People misinterpret my emotions towards Nirvana because I’ve said things about how something happened with grunge that took a little bit of fun out of things. It’s no offense to Nirvana; they were one of the greats, obviously. But something died there, too, and we haven’t quite gotten the groove back. Brandon Flowers
Heart weren’t part of a movement like grunge; we were our own kind of movement. Nancy Wilson
I went to stand up when my rock n’ roll dreams weren’t coming true. I knew it wasn’t going to happen when I was in a New Wave band in 1992 at the height of grunge. Then I heard No Doubt’s Spiderwebs and I said, Well, we’re done. They did and succeeded at what we were trying to do. Greg Behrendt
I grew up on, and kind of came of age, during the grunge movement and was introduced to Neil Young and Bob Dylan and grew up on that path. Jim James
I’ll admit it, the grunge trend doesn’t really speak to me. I get why other people like it, but it’s just not my style. Don’t get me wrong, I love layering, but I like it when it is done with a little more polish and sophistication. Nina Garcia
Every once in a while, we have some sort of movement in music that everyone suddenly wants to work in, like grunge or rap or disco or some other musical phase, and then suddenly, that’ll be the thing to do. Todd Rundgren
I experimented with fashion as it being more like art, allowing what I wore to express what I was feeling on the inside. Androgyny, rock culture, and grunge they definitely had an effect on the things that made me feel cool and comfortable. Ruby Rose
Something happened in the nineties. There was a shift. I don’t want to blame it on grunge or the rise of indie but that was basically it. It was seen as dirty and kind of ignorant to have these ambitions, to want to be a big band. Brandon Flowers
Nirvana was a band that led you somewhere, as opposed to all the grunge bands that began and ended with themselves. Jens Lekman
Grunge was, to me, the last big movement. It had such an impact on pop culture. We haven’t really seen anything like that since, and we may never again. Things have changed; the digital age has changed things. Myles Kennedy
I have a lot of alter egos I would love to be a back up singer for someone someday. I have an electronic side project. I have a 90s grunge side project; I have a piano project. I have this industrial, goth electronic song, super creepy sounding, just really dark and dreary. Sharon Van Etten
Musicians are often asked to answer for an entire culture, or for an entire movement. It’s a process of commodification. It becomes packaged and summarized in a word like emo or grunge or folk music. I think that’s just language itself, trying to understand the mysteries of the world. Sufjan Stevens
I’ve always thought of modeling as a performance, so I don’t mind kind of pretending. I kind of pretend in a lot of my poses that I am a ballerina or a hip hop dancer or a grunge performer. Coco Rocha
I had phases of listening to rap and trap, and then I had phases where I’d listen to post hardcore, rap, grunge, metal all that. I had different time periods of listening to different music. And now it all clashes together. Juice Wrld
Grunge gave me a sense of identity, and I remember really associating with Silverchair, who were these chilled out Australian teenagers. The fact that they were teenagers was a big deal for me. It was like, Oh, man, you don’t have to be a 30 year old to do this. Kevin Parker
All the skateboarding brands that I was into had graphic T shirts. In the 90s, there were different styles that went along with the different influences in skateboarding, whether that be hip hop or rock and roll and grunge. And that’s what I was into, so I was following all that. Virgil Abloh
The grunge scene is not what I’m interested in. Frances Bean Cobain
