I'm not ridiculously wealthy, but I don't squander money either.

Whenever society gets too stifling and the rules too complex, there's some sort of musical explosion.

If I could hang out with Jimi Hendrix, it wouldn't be over dinner.

Drugs and sex go hand in hand when you're a rock and roll musician. Whereas if I were a violinist, it might be a little different.

I'm not ridiculously wealthy, but I don't squander money either.

I mean, the thing about Guns N' Roses was that it wasn't trying to attach itself to the '80s, or anything that had to do with the '80s. It's just who we were at that time. We were doing what we wanted to do. That had really nothing to do with anything around us, except for the simple fact that we were rebelling against that stuff.

I was the one that allegedly "quit and joined my old band." That wasn't true. But it was said so matter-of-factly on the Internet that the guys weren't really sure what I was up to.