Freddie Mercury and Elton John are, like, two of the biggest Influences in my whole life. And probably always will be.
AXL ROSEI guess I like who I am now. I’d just like to have a little more internal peace. I’m sure everybody would.
More Axl Rose Quotes
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What’s so civil about war anyway?
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Sometimes your friends are your lovers, or have been at one time.
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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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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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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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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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I sing in five or six different voices that are all part of me. Its not contrived.
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At times I enjoy writing and at others times I just hate it because it’s definitely having to go back and experience some pain and express what you really feel.
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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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We are made up of two contrasting ideals: Love And Fear. Pick One and Live.
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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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Regarding social media, I really dont understand what appears to be the general populations lack of concern over privacy issues in publicizing their entire lives on the Internet for others to see to such an extent… but hey its them, not me, so whatever.
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I go to movies, go out with friends, go to car shows. I have a zoo.
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Be bitter, stay angry, and blame everyone!
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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.
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