Rock 'n' roll is sexuality personified. It is attitude. It is all the things that your parents told you not to do. It's the freedom to express yourself. It's being alive. It expresses the times. It's a magazine, a newspaper that tells the truth. If you listen to rap today, it's all about the truth. And that's what we all want. Just give me a little truth.

I have to get inspired by something that touches my soul, or rocks my soul.

I remember the first guy who offered me a joint in the bathroom. I said 'No, man, I've got enough problems.'

Every life has a measure of sorrow, and sometimes this is what awakens us.

I ran into Axl [Rose] at a club some year ago and told him he's crazy, we all miss them, and he needs to get the band back together.

I'm really just a country boy.

It doesn't feel good when you're put down, and especially for no uncertain reason.