In 1993, Kurt told journalist Robert Hilburn, “I was a seriously depressed kid. Every night at one point I’d go to bed bawling my head off. I used to try to make my head explode by holding my breath, thinking if I blew up my head, they’d be sorry. There was a time when I never thought I’d live to see twenty-one.” In his book Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana, Michael Azerrad quotes Kurt’s reflection on his childhood: “I used to think I was adopted, that they found me on a spaceship. I knew there were thousands of other alien babies dropped off and I’ve met a few of them. One day we’ll find
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