I just don't like reality TV.

I didn't graduate high school.

I've never seen 'The Simpsons.'

You never know what's around the corner.

I can only write from a man's viewpoint.

I went to business school in my thirties.

I'm colour blind, a little hue-challenged.

Lemmy Kilmeister is most certainly a rocker.

Whenever Boston comes on, I play air guitar.

I came up in the punk rock scene of Seattle.

I went to Seattle U. Nice Jesuit school there.

My twenties were tumultuous at best... I think.

Keep a meter on your fear. Fear can cripple you.

I never had a personal beef with Axl, truth be told.

Never miss an opportunity to keep your damn mouth shut.

Never in my life have I thought, 'Man, I gotta get a Grammy.'

Being from a big band is great because you can do other bands.

Rock n' roll is a volatile thing; at least, it's supposed to be.

Left to my own devices, I tend to go darker and weirder, and it's fun.

Being a rocker, to me, is equal to living as much of the truth as possible.

I'm not Cormac McCarthy, but I can get my point across in a thousand words.

I kind of feel bad that I don't know the names of the people in Girls Aloud!

You can't mass produce somebody's heart and soul. It's a very delicate thing.

'The Joshua Tree' was the soundtrack of my life when we were making 'Appetite.'

My grandfather John came from Cork. I have six degrees of separation in Ireland.

I've never been one to just play safe music and think that's all there is to it.

I saw the Clash in '79 at the Paramount in Seattle, and it changed my whole life.

When I sing with Loaded, I can't move at all. I'm playing guitar, and I'm singing.

I have always been a huge sports fan, but more of the pedestrian and 'homer' sort.

Any musician in any band - for a really good band - you know your part in the band.

Writing's another expression of art, really, that I'm just kind of discovering as I go.

I've been very fortunate. But rich? People make huge assumptions about the guys in Gn'R.

I started playing in punk-rock bands and touring when I was 15, so I missed high school.

Three weeks into being in Hollywood, I was playing with Slash through an ad in the paper.

Guns N' Roses is a weighty subject, but in the same breath, I don't take it that seriously.

Playing with Iggy pulled me back in for a while and reminded me of what I love about music.

Our family is mixed. My oldest sister married a black man in 1962, which was way out there then.

I read Slash's book because we were on the road together with Velvet Revolver when that came out.

Axl did sometimes have volatile actions, but I knew that guy as a whole - all the good stuff, too.

Is the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame that important to me? No. Is it something I've aspired towards? No.

I'm a book nerd, and I've seen authors that I love, I've gone and seen them speak or read from a book.

I have mutual funds. I have a lot of individual stocks. I'm across the board, really well diversified.

'Mr. Brownstone' is always a fun song to play because it's got that beat, and you see people bouncing.

Attending Seattle Central was an awesome experience - it taught me a lot about discipline in a great way.

'Chip Away' is somewhat of a rail against cable news and divisive agendas... all for the almighty dollar.

I have panic attacks here and there, like in the weirdest places ever, and I've learned to deal with them.

Turn off the TV, turn off the Internet, just go out, and I bet you your life will get better really quick.

I learned, by the time I was twenty, I'm not gonna die from a panic attack; you feel like you're going to.

When you start a band, you have to find people that are good, have the same sort of mindset as you musically.

One of the first 45s I ever bought was the Stooges' 'I Got a Right.' Probably one of my favorite singles, ever.

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