You figure that time could heal all wounds, but some people just really hold a crazy grudge.

Part of recovery is relapse. I dust myself off and move forward again.

I look in the mirror and see a few scars, but I like myself.

It's only rock and roll, my god! It's not rocket science.

You can have all the riches and success in the world, but if you dont have your health, you have nothing.

Loud is a way of life.

Nothing is cooler and more attractive than a big comeback, and that'll be me.

I just had lunch with Slash two days ago. He loves Axl. He holds no grudges towards him. Twenty years of great music wasn't created because of some stupid grudge. That's a shame.

The only thing I want to be satisfied in life is to do one reunion tour with Guns N Roses. I would like to finish what I started with them.

I have to say, the coolest person I ever met in my whole life is John Mellencamp. I never met a person who was more secure about himself and his person.

I've been blessed. I grew up and played and worked and created with the Freddie Mercury, the Jimi Hendrix, the Keith Richards, the John Paul Jones of my generation

I'm of the opinion that poetry is always political, and cannot help but be so, regardless of the poet's intent, given that refusing to deal in politics is in itself a political act.

But I would never insult the people that love this music and I would never insult the blessing of music in my life and I would never insult myself by playing uninspired music.

Real freedom comes from the mastery, through knowledge, of historic conditions and race character, which makes possible a free and intelligent use of experience for the purpose of progress.

Whatever your goal in life, unless you develop a great urgency, what could be near will be far away.

It is much easier to condemn a child than to understand a child.

All of salvation is to make us look good! We who are dirty, worn, broken, and sinful are to be the showcase of heaven.

The question isn't were you challenged. The question is were you changed?

And so when I graduated I moved to New York, and I was waitressing here and auditioning - and I got my first job pretty soon after.

Be flexible be nuanced. It's important to open yourself up to new opportunities and experiences and not be afraid to take risks.

I don't want to give too much ink to foolish men.