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

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.

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.

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

Fear leads to death as the window to the courtyard. Jump!

Why do we complicate life, when it was meant to be very simple?

You can’t argue with religious people

Pooh," said Rabbit kindly, "you haven't any brain." "I know," said Pooh humbly.

It would be pleasant to be drunk.

Images are the currency of our age, but it's a toss-up whether live in a time of abundance or debasement.

A picture is finished when all trace of the means used to bring about the end has disappeared.

I'm a great fan of taking my laptop out and about.

I grew up in Texas in a family that fished and hunted, so I've shot guns as a kid.

Painting as it is now promises to become more subtle - more like music and less like sculpture - and above all it promises color. If only it keeps this promise.