Freddie Mercury and Elton John are, like, two of the biggest Influences in my whole life. And probably always will be.
AXL ROSENovember Rain is a song about not wanting to be in a state of having to deal with unrequited love.
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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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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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Be bitter, stay angry, and blame everyone!
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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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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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We are made up of two contrasting ideals: Love And Fear. Pick One and Live.
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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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What’s so civil about war anyway?
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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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There was a much more self-destructive nature in ‘Appetite.’ It was a going-for-it-at-all-cost thing that worked then.
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Life sucks, but in a beautiful kind of way.
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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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November Rain is a song about not wanting to be in a state of having to deal with unrequited love.
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I go to movies, go out with friends, go to car shows. I have a zoo.
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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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