The era itself has nothing to do with anything. We weren't really attached to that at all. I just saw this thing where they had a Poison concert on VH1, and to me, that is being attached to an era.

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.

Maxon: “To be clear, no one agrees with you.”America: “To be clear, I don’t care.

In a decaying society, art, if it is truthful, must also reflect decay. And unless it wants to break faith with its social function, art must show the world as changeable. And help to change it.

It is always better to be a bookworm rather than being a dung-beetle!

I am so pro-swine flu... I want it. We need a plague. It's got to happen; don't be afraid. It's only going to kill the weak.

And I am an optimistic person. I guess if you want to try to find something to be pessimistic about, you can find it, no matter how hard you look, you know?

Labour is the human element which makes the fruitful seasons of the earth useful to men.

Never try to understand the students. They hate it. They would much rather be tragically misunderstood, wallow in self-pity, stew in their own —” “That’s enough, Phineas,” said Dumbledore.

The greatest sin is carelessness.

Years go, dreams go, and youth goes too, The world's heart breaks beneath its wars,All things are changed, save in the east,The faithful beauty of the stars.

I had been in a Shakespeare company for three years and done a lot of Shakespeare. That was fun. That was interesting.