I once asked Axl why he left the 'E' off his name. He started crying and said he thought he'd spelled it right.

For me, the original Guns N' Roses is the embodiment of a certain kind of chemistry that really couldn't be duplicated.

When we weren't being transcendent we specialized in self-inflicted disaster.

I don't physically put Appetite For Destruction in and listen to it, but I hear it on the radio or at sporting events or wherever else it pops up, and it's great. I dig everything about it. When I hear Appetite, it sounds like exactly what it was. It sounds like a record made by an angry bunch of kids.

A lot of vices that I've had over the years were always to make up for some sort of character deficiency, one of them being shyness.

When it comes to actually writing, I like to write in a full room with the amps blasting, and a big drum set.

People want you to produce records. They don't care what it took to make it. When a band is out doing concerts, the fans don't want to know about equipment difficulties. They want their hour-and-a-half release, and that's it.