Some great insight, but I do wonder if it was ghost-written. Courtney certainly didn't give up her Prada pants, nor has she fully quit the machine: in 2004, she released a solo LP on Virgin records, and in 2010 she released another as part of reformed Hole on Mercury, a Universal Music subsidiary.

EDIT: On the other hand, Kevin Shields of the My Bloody Valentine whom Courtney mentions has made some great choices by waiting for digital distribution to mature and self-releasing his long-awaited album. Good work.