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.

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

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.

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

One time we played a concert in Antwerp, Belgium. At least I thought it was Antwerp, Belgium. Turns out it was a Stop 'n Shop in Wisconsin somewhere, but it was fun man.

Risk isn't a word in my vocabulary. It's my very existence.