Interviewer: “So do you think Nirvana is a positive or negative band?”

Kurt Cobain: “Well, at the beginning we were…..not negative, but we did address dark and negative issues. I mean, we’re not The Staple Singers but I could never see myself singing about Satan or glamorizing drug use or anything like that. I just couldn’t do it. I mean, I don’t use cuss-words on my albums, not because I don’t want a sticker on my record but because there’s just no point. It’s been done a million times and I don’t personally need to use that kind of language in my lyrics. I think I have cussed a few times where it was necessary, but I think for the most part we’re pretty positive.”