“I've got a blister from touching everything I see
The abyss opens up
It steals everything from me”
"Softer, Softest"
Song lyrics, Live Through This (1994)
Courtney Love: 66 citations0 J'aime
Courtney Love: Citations en anglais
On her fans, Hit So Hard (2011) documentary
2006–2013
“Why do guys get to take off their shirts and we don't?”
Phoenix Theatre, Toronto, Ontario; September 1, 1994
Stage banter
“Oh, make me over
I'm all I wanna be
A walking study
In demonology”
"Celebrity Skin"
Song lyrics, Celebrity Skin (1998)
On being a woman in rock, The Independent https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/it-still-feels-like-love-courtneys-back-26344406.html (13 January 2008) <br class="br">2006–2013
On people she is attracted to, The Return of Courtney Love (2006)
2006–2013
"Nobody's Daughter"
Song lyrics, Nobody's Daughter (2010)
On punching Kathleen Hanna backstage at Lollapalooza, interview with Nardwuar (5 July 1995)
1991–1995
“I want every girl in the world to pick up a guitar and start screaming.”
On women playing rock music, quoted in 1991, from This is the Sound: The Best of Alternative Rock https://books.google.com/books?id=MdmBYULpTrAC&pg=PT72&lpg=PT72&dq=i+want+every+girl+in+the+world+to+pick+up+a+guitar+and+start+screaming&source=bl&ots=wGJk2wQvio&sig=becPFUbQgPjVPwe75eEIadx-kYg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiCxYu6lvrTAhXjilQKHeziAZM4ChDoAQg5MAU#v=onepage&q=i%20want%20every%20girl%20in%20the%20world%20to%20pick%20up%20a%20guitar%20and%20start%20screaming&f=false (2008), p. 71 <br class="br">1991–1995
"Never Go Hungry"
Song lyrics, Nobody's Daughter (2010)
"Pretty on the Inside"
Song lyrics, Pretty on the Inside (1991)
"Mrs. Jones"
Song lyrics, Pretty on the Inside (1991)
On her teenaged fans, interview with The Georgia Straight (1999)
1996–2005
On living in Seattle in the 1990s, The Seattle Times http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/courtney-love-lsquoit-was-war-the-time-after-kurt-diedrsquo/ (14 July 2013) <br class="br">2006–2013
"Pacific Coast Highway"
Song lyrics, Nobody's Daughter (2010)
On race and the music industry, 24 Hours of Love MTV2 Special (21 September 2005)
1996–2005
April 10, 1994 at Kurt Cobain's public memorial at Seattle Center's Flag Pavilion, Entertainment Weekly (April 22, 1994) http://ew.com/article/1994/04/22/remembering-kurt-cobain/ <br class="br">1991–1995
"Reasons to be Beautiful"
Song lyrics, Celebrity Skin (1998)
On being a working musician on the West Coast, in conversation with Lana Del Rey, Dazed http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/35578/1/lana-del-rey-courtney-love-lust-for-life (April 2017) <br class="br">2014–2017
On her Nichiren Buddhist chanting practice, The Guardian (29 December 2010)
2006–2013
"Life Despite God"
Song lyrics, America's Sweetheart (2004)
On the notion of "selling out" in the music industry, 24 Hours of Love MTV2 Special (21 September 2005)
1996–2005
“Crash and burn
All the stars explode tonight
How'd you get so desperate?
How'd you stay alive?”
"Malibu"
Song lyrics, Celebrity Skin (1998)
Explaining the racist politics of the history of cocaine; The Howard Stern Show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXZ7Wwv1og0 (2005) <br class="br">1996–2005
“He shakes his dead rattle
Spittle on his bib
And I don't do the dishes
I throw them in the crib”
"Plump"
Song lyrics, Live Through This (1994)
"Doll Parts"
Song lyrics, Live Through This (1994)
On her marriage to Kurt Cobain, The Telegraph (3 April 2010)
2006–2013
“We choose convenience over individuality every time—every time.”
On Americans' consumption of popular music, 24 Hours of Love MTV2 Special (21 September 2005)
1996–2005
