Out of all the guitars in the whole world, the Fender Mustang is my favorite. They're cheap and totally inefficient, and they sound like crap and are very small.
Interpretation
The quote expresses a deep affection for a particular guitar model despite its flaws.
Kurt Cobain's admiration for the Fender Mustang highlights a paradox in which something deemed subpar in quality can still hold a special place in someone's heart. It reflects his appreciation for the unique sound and character of the guitar, suggesting that the emotional value of an object can outweigh its practical shortcomings.
In practice
Discussing music preferences in a band interview.
I don't blame the average seventeen-year-old punk-rock kid for calling me a sellout. I understand that. And maybe when they grow up a little bit, they'll realize there's more things to life than living out your rock & roll identity so righteously.
Rape is one of the most terrible crimes on earth and it happens every few minutes. The problem with groups who deal with rape is that they try to educate women about how to defend themselves. What really needs to be done is teaching men not to rape. Go to the source and start there.
Thank you for the tragedy. I need it for my art.
I get a thrill meeting kids who are into alternative music.
The future of rock belongs to women.
I don't need to be inspired any longer, just supported.
Creativity is the greatest gift of human intelligence.
Acting: An art which consists of keeping the audience from coughing.
I refuse to go onstage without looking into the eyes and touching everyone I'm working with... we're all in it together, and everyone's an equal part when we're onstage.
Supreme serenity still remains the Ideal of great Art. The shapes and transitory forms of life are but stages toward this Ideal, which Christ's religion illuminates with His divine light.
Writers are opposite of athletes, they get better with age
My greatest debt will always be to the movie-going public of yesterday and today, without whose love and devotion I would have had no story to tell.
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