When you think of Kurt now, what do you remember — and miss — most?

I think about his smile a lot. And his laugh. He had a funny laugh, this fucking cackle. I remember him being happy. It’s easy to remember him being sad. But the things that I like to think about are his happiness, and how much he loved music, whether it was sitting in a living room and playing an acoustic guitar, or playing at the Off Ramp in Seattle. He really, really loved creating music. Every night, when we were living together, he used to go into his bedroom, I was sleeping on the couch, and he would go in and write for hours in his journals. His bedroom light would be on for hours, and he would write pages and pages. He was a gentle, sweet, caring person. He was always so nice to my mom [laughs]. A lot of people imagine him as this terror, when, honestly, he was one of the nicest people you ever met. And I like to think about the shape of his hands, and the way he moved his mouth when he played the guitar. Those are the kinds of things I remember. I definitely feel lucky to have known him. He changed my life forever in so many ways. And I miss him. I think about him a lot.

(from Rolling Stone Mag Interview)