Top 35 Courtney Love Quotes

Kurt had this dumb suicidal ideation – that’s what I called it. I thought if we could live through this, we could live through anything.

I like to behave in an extremely normal, wholesome manner for the most part in my daily life. Even if mentally I’m consumed with sick visions of violence, terror, sex and death.

Rock is all about writing your own script; it’s all about pioneering.

I’m not a woman. I’m a force of nature.

My number one thing to work on is not being reactive – but appropriateness doesn’t come easily to me sometimes.

Being a rock star is like being a cult leader – you really have to be in your own religion.

I like free gowns.

I am just the classic person who wants to learn stuff. I want good tutors, and with Kurt I had the best.

I cannot exist as a solo artist.

What makes the most money for this business? Dead rock stars.

I’m ultimately a widow and a single mother, who’s not even getting to be a mother right now. I am so alone, it’s freaky.

Being famous is just like being in high school. But I’m not interested in being the cheerleader. I’m not interested in being Gwen Stefani. She’s the cheerleader, and I’m out in the smoker shed.

Being a rock widow is not my job, so I would hire people to do it for me.

I never expected I would be connected to the Alpha male as some kind of ancillary object, and to this day it mystifies me.

Movie stars are supposed to be healthy. They’re kept happy and nutritionally together.

I might lie a lot but never in my lyrics.

But, you know, all good rock is easy.

I’m a survivor, at least that’s what everyone tells me.

I’m not going to hurt anybody other than that dick who keeps writing songs about me.

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.

I surrounded myself with women when I was growing up because I had this horrible psycho father. Now I’m trying to really appreciate and like men more.

I’ll always prefer to play with women and hang out with women, and I’ll always be a feminist.

In rock stardom there’s an absolute economic upside to self-destruction.

He was so gorgeous… Kurt. I don’t know how I got lucky that way.

You gotta be able to change worlds.

I don’t need plastic in my body to validate me as a woman.

You need to write on your own and produce your own life.

But I always wound up being the damn John, when I wanted to be the Paul.

Being offended is part of being in the real world.

I used to do drugs, but don’t tell anyone or it will ruin my image.

It’s a radical time for musicians, a really revolutionary time, and I believe revolutions like Napster are a lot more fun than cash, which by the way we don’t have at major labels anyway, so we might as well get with it and get in the game.

Warren Beatty took an interest in my career at one point.

I’m offended every time I see George Bush on TV!

The Kurt thing has burdened me so much.

I’m clean and sober for over a year and no one seems to care! They’re like, ‘Oh, her dramatic weight gain.’ So, stop making fun of me!