I sing in five or six different voices that are all part of me. Its not contrived.
AXL ROSEI try to be respectful about getting an honor or recognition, but I don’t really know what the Rock Hall actually is. In my experience with the people who run it, I don’t see it having to do with anything other than them making money.
More Axl Rose Quotes
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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 write the vocals last, because I wanted to invent the music first and push the music to the level that I had to compete against it.
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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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What’s so civil about war anyway?
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We take it for granted we know the whole story – We judge a book by its cover and read what we want between selected lines.
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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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I’d just like to say that I have a personal disgust for small dogs, like poodles. I have some serious physical problems with them. Everything about them means I must kill them. I must.
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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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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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Life sucks, but in a beautiful kind of way.
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If I hadn’t had Freddie Mercury’s lyrics to hold on to as a kid I don’t know where I would be. It taught me about all forms of music… it would open my mind. I never really had a bigger teacher in my whole life.
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I go to movies, go out with friends, go to car shows. I have a zoo.
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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 personally don’t do any hard drugs, because they get in the way of me getting to my base issues, and I’d rather get rid of the excess baggage than find a way to shove it deeper in the closet.
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We are made up of two contrasting ideals: Love And Fear. Pick One and Live.
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