I surrounded myself with women when I was growing up because I had this horrible psycho father. Now … - Courtney Love

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Stand not too near the rich man lest he destroy thee - and not too far away lest he forget thee.

Courtney Love

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.

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I am not a woman. I am a force of nature.

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Songs need to have a secret, cryptic, thematic thing about them, otherwise they are just messy and all over the place.

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

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

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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.

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