Many times drugs and alcohol – there’s a technical term that they’re called, emotional suppressants – are the only things that can help a person survive and get through and be able to deal with their pain.
AXL ROSEI’m late to everything. I’ve always wanted to have it written in my will that when I die, the coffin shows up a half hour late and says on the side, like in gold, ‘Sorry I’m Late’.
More Axl Rose Quotes
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I feel I have a responsibility to myself, a responsibility to explain where we’re coming from. Because a song or the performance of a song is a lot like a work of art.
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Sometimes your friends are your lovers, or have been at one time.
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I like to be real private; you don’t always want everyone around you – even when they like you.
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People can do whatever they want to, but I’m more pro-hetero. I’m not knocking it – I have friends that are gay. It’s just that it’s not my cup of tea, l guess. That’s all. People can do what they want.
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In general I usually don’t really go by or live my life by a clock and outside of touring I don’t really ask anyone else to. It’s not out of lack of respect for anyone or intentional.
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It’s really hard to maintain a one-on-one relationship if the other person is not going to allow me to be with other people.
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November Rain is a song about not wanting to be in a state of having to deal with unrequited love.
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Freddie Mercury and Elton John are, like, two of the biggest Influences in my whole life. And probably always will be.
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I go to movies, go out with friends, go to car shows. I have a zoo.
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I don’t even know my own phone number.
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I discovered I scream the same way whether I’m about to be devoured by a great white shark or if a piece of seaweed touches my foot.
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When I was a kid, I was told rock n’ roll wasn’t music. It wasn’t art. Queen was my proof, my evidence, that these people were wrong – and they meant everything to me.
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If you are really into waiting, try holding your breath for Jesus, ’cause I hear the payoff may be that much greater.
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I sing in five or six different voices that are all part of me. Its not contrived.
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I’m late to everything. I’ve always wanted to have it written in my will that when I die, the coffin shows up a half hour late and says on the side, like in gold, ‘Sorry I’m Late’.
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