The band's never taken a year off. Last August we decided to take one, and three months in I was bored to tears.

If they [Guns N' Roses] didn't get back together soon they would have missed their window and no one would have cared in 3 or 4 years.

I've got scarves and boots from' 1970 that I still wear.

I'll tell you what's fun - finding the right stewardess and turning her upside down in the back of a plane.

I said the same things to Axl [Rose] that everyone said to me when me and Joe Perry were fighting.

I've seen whales calving in the waters off Maui, and I've watched my children being born. But music is the most beautiful thing of all.

I don't buy into the idea that you're not supposed to rock & roll after a certain date. Maybe I should be in Bellevue, but I'm just having a good time.