Originally, I wanted to call the band 'Guns 'n Robots.' I still believe that if we had just called ourselves 'Guns 'n Robots' we'd still be together.

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.

Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.

The true gentleman does not preach what he practices till he has practiced what he preaches.

The Democratic Party has pretty much abandoned all the things that they cherish.

I will unite with anyone to do good, but with no one to do harm.

My kid was a great baseball player. I thought I had it made. Front-row seats at Yankee Stadium. Then he turned sixteen and wanted to be a rapper.

This flick is all I have to say about being 17, the United States Navy, Christmas and the Fourth of July.

When I was a teenager, my dad watched my films and told me I could go to art college and study animation. He made me see that I could do this for a living.

India has the opportunity to be a leader in genetic engineering, It has institutions that no other country has.

When I'm writing a song, it gives me more actual pleasure to hear someone else sing it than do it meself.

It is only for those without hope that hope is given.