I remember one time I was running from one side of the stage to the other, and I suddenly noticed Axl was running from the opposite direction and that I wasn`t going to be able to get out of his way. Immediately went into a tuck and roll, and he jumped over the top of me. And I didn`t miss a note! It was cool.

Back in the Eighties, record-industry producers tried to impress us by showing us their collection of gold and platinum records. We were like, "Do you have anymore Jack Daniels?

I only get concerned about money when the electricity goes out. Then you have to do acoustic records.

When it`s not a turn-on anymore, that`s when we quit. We`re not going to be one of those bands who say well, we gotta keep going out there even though we hate every minute of it.

One day you`re gonna wake up and you`ll be 30 years old and you won`t have done a damn thing with your life.

I certainly wouldn`t ignore someone who came up and asked for an autograph.

I`m too psychotic behind the wheel, I`d kill somebody. I always want to drive when I`m drunk. It doesn`t really interest me as much when I`m sober. I get drunk and I want to drive fast, and I just know it`s gonna get me into big trouble one day if I don`t watch out.

I always knew I wanted to be in a band.

Of course, we had rough times, but if you want something bad enough then you stick it and make the best out of things.

The problem is when people try to control us, we do the opposite of what they`re tryin` to get us to do!

I got this reputation for being drunk all the time but I`m actually not that bad. I`m actually a nice shy kid.

We want freedom.

Rock n` roll is about attitude and rebellion. It`s supposed to be fun and spontaneous.

We signed our record deal on our own terms and did things our own way. We told people that we were gonna do just what we said we`d do and that`s the only way we`d sign a contract.

I’m a huge Axl fan,, but he’s got one way of doing things which I just don’t understand.

The biggest fights are between me and Axl. But that`s also what makes it happen.

Some of Axl`s lyrics are fucking hilarious!

Axl is not a person who wants to spend even one second in a police station if he can avoid it.

Everything about [Axl] as a performer and singer comes from his personality, so the shit that makes him crazy or the shit that he finds hard to deal with is, at the same time, what makes his talent.

I`m just a guitar player in a band that`s doing really well right now.

I probably give the impression of being a real asshole most of the time, but I`m not really that bad.

I`m pretty shy and quiet. But I am short-tempered. I like to read. I like to draw. That`s probably a real contrast to what`s been written about me so far.

We`re just a band. We don`t have to be the `cool` thing or the `in` thing. It`s real important we get out there and express ourselves and play.

Guns N` Roses are perceived as dangerous, because we`re so unpredictable and prepared to take chances. And to be a real anarchist you need a lot of integrity to follow it through.

I played a birthday party once and Eric Clapton goes, he goes `Oh, he can play.`

[on writing his memoir, "Slash"] The only reason I wrote it is because a lot of the stuff I was reading and seeing about the band got pretty frustrating. I just had to straighten out some shit.

For me to sound like "me" I have to have a Marshall. That`s just the way it is.

[Jeff Beck] is one of the most amazing guitar players the world has seen when it just comes to rock and roll guitar. He`s a real organic player.

Sex and drugs go hand in hand when you`re a rock `n` roll musician. If I were a violinist, it might be a different matter.