It's not the COUGH that carries you OFF. . . . It's the COFFIN they carry you OFF IN.

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.

You should have felt the buzz the moment all five of us got together in the same room for the first time again. We all started laughin'—it was like the five years had never passed. We knew we'd made the right move.

If I was on an island, just for melody, I would take albums by the Stones, AC/DC and the Beach Boys' Smiley Smile.

Sing with me, sing for the years. Sing for the laughter'n sing for the tears.

I get the whole thing, I can't talk about it. But they're talking and they got an offer. I hope Axl[Rose] can see the greater picture and not be mad at Duff [McKagan] and Slash.

In order to get to the other side of the shore, you have to lose sight of this one!