Musician Quotes

If it wasn't for KISS, there would be no Guns N' Roses. Bands like that made Guns N' Roses. We were five guys with five personalities and five different influences. The stars were aligned for us.

I've been blessed. I grew up and played and worked and created with the Freddie Mercury, the Jimi Hendrix, the Keith Richards, the John Paul Jones of my generation.

I'm not gonna be a slave. I'm a rock n' roller.

I wasn't able to make the full commitment until I met 'Celebrity Rehab's' Dr. Drew.

I thank God, Jesus, and my Grandmother for being able to support myself and my family.

I just had lunch with Slash two days ago. He loves Axl. He holds no grudges towards him. Twenty years of great music wasn't created because of some stupid grudge. That's a shame.

I always knew that we were going to be successful and accomplish and succeed at our dreams. There was never a doubt in my mind. When we were recording 'Appetite For Destruction,' we all knew.

You figure that time could heal all wounds, but some people just really hold a crazy grudge.

I just got tired of being sick and tired and feeling down. Unfortunately, you don't realize this until you're getting sober but the reason why you're depressed all the time is it's the drugs that are depressing you.

People get passionate about a song. It's been my experience if you put out radio candy, something commercial, it doesn't sell records.

New York City is a notoriously hard market to perform country music in.

It's great to be able to get up there now and do an hour or 75 minutes of songs they're familiar with.

If I feel like doing something, I do it. If I feel like saying something, I say it. If I feel like dancing, I do. If I don't, I don't.

I only record songs that I really like and believe in and can sing with conviction.

I don't do the same show on any two nights.

Up to now I've done everything I've wanted to do the way I wanted to do myself.

That's when we was makin this video stuff. They went all over the place makin it. And they was wantin to know, at the college, how I got started playin and how do I do everything - you know, all that.

My first record came out in 1961 and then I had one come out in 1962 and then I had two that came out in 1964.

I got about 6037 songs I wrote myself and I'm trying to get them on the market and I just wish people could hear them and stuff but they'll do pretty good.

I don't live on a hill. I live down under a hill, in the bottom and I've got a lot of cars, yeah.

I can't write another breakup record. That would be a real cliche.

You can't complain about your dressing room or you'll look like Celine Dion.

I've never wanted to look like models on the cover of magazines. I represent the majority of women and I'm very proud of that.

I no longer buy papers or tabloids or magazines or read blogs. I used to. But it was just filling up my day with hatred.

I don't really need to stand out, there's room for everyone. Although I haven't built a niche yet, I'm just writing love songs.

Even if I did have, you know, a 'Sports Illustrated' body, I'd still wear elegant clothes.

Mum loves me being famous! She is so excited and proud, as she had me so young and couldn't support me, so I am living her dream, it's sweeter for both of us. It's her 40th birthday soon and I'm going to buy her 40 presents.

I love hearing my audience breathe.

I get so nervous on stage I can't help but talk. I try. I try telling my brain: stop sending words to the mouth. But I get nervous and turn into my grandma. Behind the eyes it's pure fear. I find it difficult to believe I'm going to be able to deliver.

I was adopting an Ethiopian child, that's not true. My house was haunted, that wasn't true. God, there's been so many rumours.