Courtney Love is considered one of the most influential singers and a famous figure in the alternative and grunge scenes of the 1990s. She is undoubtedly multi-talented and has spanned her career from being a musician to an actor to a writer. The California-born star has been working as an actress appearing in big-budget pictures like Man on the Moon and Trapped.

While her singing has always drawn people’s attention and has been nominated three times for Grammy Awards. Currently, the 58-year-old artist is making a comeback with her new album almost after 12 years which she revealed in a new interview. Moreover, Love compared Lana Del Rey to the legendary musician Kurt Cobain for this reason.

Courtney Love declares Lana Del Rey and Kurt Cobain are the greatest musicians  

Courtney Love recently sat down with Marc Maron on his WTF podcast, to talk about her upcoming album. During the conversation, she praised the six-time Grammy-nominated singer Lana Del Rey. She said that her late husband Kurt Cobain and Lana are the two greatest musicians she has ever known.

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Moreover, she compared both these musicians to the greatest American director, Steven Spielberg.

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“She’s a genius, too. She’s got the integrity that Kurt had. The only two people I know that I can say [that about],” explained the Straight to Hell star. Love has been closely associated with the Honeymoon singer and has previously toured with her in support of the latter’s 2014 album Ultraviolet.

Love shared how she loves artists like Billie Joe Armstrong, but Del Ray has a magic. And since the Sid and Nancy star told the Young and Beautiful singer to not go insane, the former feels the latter has been able to maintain her sanity. Love was especially appreciative of Del Ray getting out of the overculture and deleted her social media accounts.

Meanwhile, in the same interview, she opened up about how she was fired from Fight Club after she “went nuclear” on Brad Pitt and director Gus Van Sant. Since the movie was based on her late husband Kurt Cobain. If you wish to hear the complete conversation of WTF Podcast, check it out here.