Courtney Love

America's Sweetheart was my one true piece of shit. It has no cohesive thread. I just hate it.

2014

And I don't care what it takes my friendI will never go hungry, go hungry againOh, and I don't care what I have to pretendI will never go hungry, go hungry againAnd the phoenix she rises, she is sure to descendShe will never go hungry, go hungry againAnd you're looking to me more and more like a godsendWe will never go hungry, go hungry againAnd we owe each other nothing, there's no one left here to offendWe will never go hungry, go hungry again

2010

Even though I now feel more confident and happy, I was really paranoid for about a year and a half. Basically, what happened was that I quit taking drugs and I walked out into the world and was sort of in this film that was really well received. So, after years of living a more destructive lifestyle, I had to, instantly, kind of court this world which had incredibly nice value systems, but with protocols that I had never encountered before. And then I had to reconcile these two worlds. You know—I want to live a happier, more productive lifestyle, but the question was, did I want to renounce being in a great rock ’n’ roll band for that? The answer was ‘No way.’

On reconciling her career in acting and music, interview with The Georgia Straight (1999), 1996

I try to place [beautiful imagery] next to fucked up imagery, because that's how I view things … I sometimes feel that no one's taken the time to write about certain things in rock, that there's a certain female point of view that's never been given space.

On her songwriting and lyrics, from interview with Everett True (June 1991). In article "Hole in Sidelines" from Melody Maker, p. 8., 1991

If I fuckin' die without having written two, three, or four brilliant rock songs... I don't know why I lived my life.

Remarks about her ambitions early in her career (1991), Not Bad for a Girl documentary (1995), 1991