There was a much more self-destructive nature in ‘Appetite.’ It was a going-for-it-at-all-cost thing that worked then.
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.
More Axl Rose Quotes
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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 don’t even know my own phone number.
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Be bitter, stay angry, and blame everyone!
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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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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’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 like feeling a sense of unity with the crowd even though everybody might be thinking something different.
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Fear is where there is no love. Love is where there is no fear.
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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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If love is blind I guess I’ll buy myself a cane.
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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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Life sucks, but in a beautiful kind of way.
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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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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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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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