"There is a story that is true, and it's kind of embarrassing: I called Kurt up and said, 'Can..."

"There is a story that is true, and it's kind of embarrassing: I called Kurt up and said, 'Can I borrow your money to put out your album [Bleach]?' Which sounds absolutely insane, but that's where we were at financially. You have to be really shameless. He said no. We ended up borrowing $5,000 from a friend to put it out."

- from my interview with Sub Pop cofounder Bruce Pavitt