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.
You don't have to make something in order to retain your identity as an artist or a writer or a creative person. A lot of people think they have to be producing in order to maintain that identity.
Bad actors try to cry, and good actors try not to. Bad actors try to laugh, and good actors try not to.
Every time I sit for a song, I feel I am finished. It's like a beggar sitting waiting for God to fill your bowl with the right thought. In every song, I ask help from Him. Everybody around is so good, so to create music that will connect with so many people is not humanly possible without inspiration.
I can't read fiction without visualizing every scene. The result is it becomes a series of pictures rather than a book.
I think that you certainly don't have to be aged and travel the world to write a poem.
I’m just a storyteller, and the cinema happens to be my medium. I like it because it recreates life in movement, enlarges it, enhances it, distills it. For me, it’s far closer to the miraculous creation of life than, say, a painting or music or even literature. It’s not just an art form; it’s actually a new form of life, with its own rhythms, cadences, perspectives and transparencies. It’s my way of telling a story.
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