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.
AXL ROSEFreddie Mercury and Elton John are, like, two of the biggest Influences in my whole life. And probably always will be.
More Axl Rose Quotes
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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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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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What’s so civil about war anyway?
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If love is blind I guess I’ll buy myself a cane.
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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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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 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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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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Life sucks, but in a beautiful kind of way.
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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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I like feeling a sense of unity with the crowd even though everybody might be thinking something different.
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I go to movies, go out with friends, go to car shows. I have a zoo.
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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 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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