| | "Only dumb people are happy" |
| | "Are you there, are you there, are you fucking anywhere? Are you an angel now? Fuck you" - Courtney Love lying in Kurt's blood after his suicide |
| | [Regarding Tori Amos] "Her cover version of Smells Like Teen Spirit is the reason Kurt killed himself." |
| | [Later recanted] "We used to slow dance to it together." |
| | "I'm not a woman. I'm a force of nature." |
| | "I don't mean to be a diva, but some days you wake up and you're Barbra Streisand." |
| | "I found my inner bitch and ran with her." |
| | "I used to do drugs, but don't tell anyone or it will ruin my image." |
| | "I want every girl in the world to pick up a guitar and start screaming." |
| | [Explaining the question 'drugs' to her child daughter] "Cocaine is like really evil coffee." |
| | "I'm a survivor, at least that's what everyone tells me." |
| | "I might lie a lot but never in my lyrics." |
| | "He's not going to get away from me that easily. I'll follow him through hell." [after Kurt's suicide attempt] |
| | "He was so gorgeous... Kurt. I don't know how I got lucky that way." |
| | "I've seen your repulsion and it looks real good on you..." |
| | "Drugs have nothing to do with the creation of music. In fact, they are dumb and self indulgent. Kind of like sucking your thumb!" |
| | "I like all the angels around because they protect me and my daughter. I mean, her Dad's an angel." |
| | "He had to go be an angel" [on where Kurt was] |
| | "I'm not going to hurt anybody other than that dick who keeps writing songs about me." |
| | "I am just the classic person who wants to learn stuff. I want good tutors, and with Kurt I had the best." |
| | "Rock is really about dick and testosterone. I go and see a band, I want to fuck the guy - that's the way it is. It's always been that way." |
| | "If you want to ask about my drug problem go ask my big, fat, smart, ten pound daughter, she'll answer any questions you have about it." |
| | "You've got to be prepared for the names they are going to call you compared to your male peers... You will be a floozy and a slattern. He will be virile and a ladies' man. You will be a freakshow, a retching wretch, a sloppy drunk. He will be charismatic, vainglorious, a ferocious drunk and Dionysian. You will be indiscriminate and desperate. He will be generous, tortured and driven." - [Commenting to NME on the hypocritically differing attitudes towards male and female rockstars.] |
| | "Look, I'm not politically correct and I'm not the voice of a generation.. so FUCK YOU!" |
| | [On Nine Inch Nails: "Four inch nails is more like it! |