There was a much more self-destructive nature in ‘Appetite.’ It was a going-for-it-at-all-cost thing that worked then.
AXL ROSEThere was a much more self-destructive nature in ‘Appetite.’ It was a going-for-it-at-all-cost thing that worked then.
AXL ROSEWhen 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.
AXL ROSEI 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.
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.
AXL ROSEI like to be real private; you don’t always want everyone around you – even when they like you.
AXL ROSEWe are made up of two contrasting ideals: Love And Fear. Pick One and Live.
AXL ROSEI don’t even know my own phone number.
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.
AXL ROSEIf you are really into waiting, try holding your breath for Jesus, ’cause I hear the payoff may be that much greater.
AXL ROSESometimes your friends are your lovers, or have been at one time.
AXL ROSEI 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.
AXL ROSEWhat’s so civil about war anyway?
AXL ROSEWe take it for granted we know the whole story – We judge a book by its cover and read what we want between selected lines.
AXL ROSEFreddie Mercury and Elton John are, like, two of the biggest Influences in my whole life. And probably always will be.
AXL ROSELet 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.
AXL ROSEI 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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