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've done enough films to know how to save up my energy for the take and then give it on the take and do that.

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

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

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

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.

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