But if I was still trying to be in Guns N' Roses while I wasn't in the band... I wouldn't want to maintain an image like that.

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.

I dont believe in having regrets.

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.

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.

As soon as I could put together the, you know, three or four notes that made up, like, sort of a rock and roll lick, you know, like a Chuck Berry kind of thing, I was off and running. Just completely taken over.

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