“If it was up to me, I'd get more oil tanker drivers drunk. I don’t value music much. I like the Beatles, but I hate Paul McCartney. I like Led Zeppelin, but I hate Robert Plant. I like the Who, but I hate Roger Daltrey.”

—  Kurt Cobain

As quoted in The NIRVANA Reader: 1988 – 1992 (Published December 2008).
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