I never want to draw attention to myself, but that's all I do.

I always loved rock guitar. I just never put it together that that's what I'd end up doing.

What does surprise me, though, is the amount of attention this band [Guns'n'Roses] has garnered 11 years after the original lineup broke up. That's an interesting phenomenon. It was even interesting back in the day. I mean, [we were] this glorified garage band. It was a great band, but it was not the kind of band you expected to become what it has.

It's not so much about how good a player you are, its how cool you are.

I got the name Slash because I used to work in a grocery store and I was in charge of reducing prices for really big sales.

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.

A day doesn't go by where I don't get surprised by something.