Notes and chords have become my second language and, more often than not, that vocabulary expresses what I feel when language fails me.

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.

Your mind is your most important asset because it creates everything you have in life.

Everyone understands the European Union is a failure. It has not kept any of its promises - in particular about prosperity, security - and, worst of all, has put us under a guardianship.

I don't like 'cool telly.'

Do not be proud of wealth, people, relations and friends, or youth. All these are snatched by time in the blink of an eye. Giving up this illusory world, know and attain the Supreme.

What is the world full of? It is full of things that arise, persist, and cease. Grasp and cling to them, and they produce suffering. Don't grasp and cling to them, and they do not produce suffering.

Hillary Clinton: putting big government spending financed by the Chinese ahead of good-paying jobs for middle-class Americans. Is she guilty or not guilty?

As the daughter of immigrants, growing up in New York City, you are either at the table or on the menu.

Fascinating, Doidge's book is a remarkable and hopeful portrait of the endless adaptability of the human brain.

For my wife and I, the challenge is to not make every day the best day possible because it's not realistic.