Courtney Love 'Always Wanted to Be Known as a Bitch': 'Being Liked Was Never My Thing'

The Hole frontwoman opened up about being perceived as "difficult" in a new interview with 'The Standard'

Courtney Love never aspired to be "liked."

In an interview with The Standard, the Hole frontwoman, 59, opened up about being perceived as more prickly to the public.

"People used to say that I was so difficult,’ Love told the outlet. "They said I was disagreeable. Yes, I am completely disagreeable and I’m never going to apologize for that. I always wanted to be known as a bitch. Being liked was never my thing."

She went onto explain that her late husband Kurt Cobain "wanted to be liked," however she wasn't looking for that same praise.

"He was able to hide behind me, but then I got hated. Then Kurt died, and the hatred towards me reached a completely new level. I did not plan for that," Love said.

The "Doll Parts" singer added: "I had a bitch capacity and I was cool with not being liked. I saw Bob Dylan in Don’t Look Back and he didn’t want to be liked and I thought, yeah, I want to be like that."

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Elsewhere in the conversation, Love discussed the female artists she loves — Debbie Harry, Patti Smith, Nina Simone and PJ Harvey — and the ones she doesn't.

On the latter list was Taylor Swift, whom she called "not important."

“She might be a safe space for girls, and she’s probably the Madonna of now, but she’s not interesting as an artist,” Love told the publication.

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The four-time Grammy nominee then went onto detail when she stopped being a fan of Lana Del Rey.

"I haven’t liked Lana since she covered a John Denver song, and I think she should really take seven years off. Up until ‘Take Me Home Country Roads’ I thought she was great. When I was recording my new album, I had to stop listening to her as she was influencing me too much," Love said.

The "Violet" artist then addressed her distaste for Madonna.

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"I don’t like her and she doesn’t like me," Love said, adding that while she loved the 1985 film Desperately Seeking Susan — which starred the pop star — it was "for the city of New York as much as her."

She then revealed that while she respects Beyoncé, she isn't a fan of her music.

"I mean, I like the idea of doing a country record because it’s about Black women going into spaces where previously only white women have been allowed, not that I like it much. As a concept, I love it. I just don’t like her music," Love told the outlet.

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