Risk isn't a word in my vocabulary. It's my very existence.

I once asked Axl why he left the 'E' off his name. He started crying and said he thought he'd spelled it right.

You can't wait around for destiny to give you what you think you deserve, you have to earn it, even if you think you've paid your dues.

Guitars are like women. You'll never get them totally right.

Rock n' roll is about attitude and rebellion. It's supposed to be fun and spontaneous.

GET YOURSELF TOGETHER DRINK TILL YOU DROP FORGET ABOUT TOMORROW AND HAVE ANOTHER SHOT

Being a rockstar is the intersection of who you are and who you want to be.

If I ever go bald, I'll kill myself.

Guitar is the best form of self-expression I know. Everything else, and I'm just sort of tripping around, trying to figure my way through life.

I guess you could say there are two Slashes. There's the crazy, rock-and-roll Slash, he's wild. And then there's the real Slash- he collects miniature soaps and treats his hookers real nice.

A day doesn't go by where I don't get surprised by something.

A vibrant body, a radiant mind, a loving heart, and an honorable life.

To be a success, follow your obsessions obsessively.

She ran. Deeper, deeper into the mysterious Broceliande forest...

There's no such thing as fiction", Annie told him once. "If you can imagine something, then it's happened.

task not unlike coming to grips with the Holy Ghost.' There

The case for government by elites is irrefutable.

In minority communities there's a sensitivity, often a knee-jerk reaction, to critical representations. There's a misunderstanding of what an artist does.

The heart is a muscle, and you strengthen muscles by using them. The more I lead with my heart, the stronger it gets.

There are many cases around the world in which the presence of UN peace-keeping forces has had a somewhat beneficial effect.

We're all here to figure out how to best give ourselves away.