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“You know, I always thought I’d go first. I don’t know why I thought that. It just seemed like I would. I mean, I didn’t know him on a daily basis — far from it. But, in a way, I don’t even feel right being here without him. It’s so difficult to really believe he’s gone. I still talk about him like he’s still here, you know. I can’t figure it out. It doesn’t make any sense. I remember when he got sick in Rome — I didn’t realise then that it was actually a suicide attempt — I was in Seattle. I went out to grab something to eat and I saw the headlines. That he was in a coma. I just freaked out, man. I went home and made some phone calls, tried to find out what the fuck was going on. Then I started pacing the house and started to cry. I just kept saying, ‘Don’t go, man, just don’t fuckin’ go….just don’t go.’ I kept thinking, ‘If he goes, I’m fucked.’”

—	Eddie Vedder about Kurt Cobain’s death, Melody Maker, May 21th 1994