Freddie Mercury and Elton John are, like, two of the biggest Influences in my whole life. And probably always will be.
AXL ROSESometimes your friends are your lovers, or have been at one time.
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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I sing in five or six different voices that are all part of me. Its not contrived.
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I go to movies, go out with friends, go to car shows. I have a zoo.
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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 guess I like who I am now. I’d just like to have a little more internal peace. I’m sure everybody would.
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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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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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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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If love is blind I guess I’ll buy myself a cane.
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We are made up of two contrasting ideals: Love And Fear. Pick One and Live.
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Let sleeping dogs lie or lying dogs sleep or whatever. Time to move on. People get divorced. Life doesn’t owe you your own personal happy ending especially at another’s, or in this case several others’, expense.
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I 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.
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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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What’s so civil about war anyway?
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