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![“I really lucked out with that song ["As Cool As I Am"]. Men were becoming much more comfortable with all the different facets and parts of their identity, including their gentler, funnier, sillier, nurturing parts. They started showing up. There was so much exploration of gender at that time…” quote by Dar Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/246/dar-williams-3902_becoming_i-really-lucked-out-with-that-song-as-co_352145.jpg)
![“One thing about Kurt [Cobain] is before he was a musician, and before he was a rock star, he was an artist, and an artist with a capital A. What that means is that he had to create. It wasn't something that he chose to do - it chose him.” quote by Brett Morgen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f37/brett-morgen-30402_art_one-thing-about-kurt-cobain-is-before-he_2257772.jpg)
![“The last time I talked to Axl was in 1996. That was the last time we exchanged any sort of words. There was a rumor that I talked to him a while back [and asked to rejoin the band]. I did go to his house one night, and I talked to his assistant about something that had to do with this lawsuit that…” quote by Slash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fcd/slash-4766_assistants_the-last-time-i-talked-to-axl-was-in-199_2339959.png)
![“[He] went on to tell her that certain work songs made the work a little easier, but that there were others, depending upon the time of day, that dragged a body down, so 'you just gotta be careful with your songs and your hummin' and whatnot.” quote by Edward P. Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/148/edward-p-jones-13439_music_he-went-on-to-tell-her-that-certain-work_857260.jpg)
