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.
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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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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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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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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Life sucks, but in a beautiful kind of way.
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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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In general I usually don’t really go by or live my life by a clock and outside of touring I don’t really ask anyone else to. It’s not out of lack of respect for anyone or intentional.
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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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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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I go to movies, go out with friends, go to car shows. I have a zoo.
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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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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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Sometimes your friends are your lovers, or have been at one time.
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Be bitter, stay angry, and blame everyone!
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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 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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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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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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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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If love is blind I guess I’ll buy myself a cane.
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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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I sing in five or six different voices that are all part of me. Its not contrived.
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We are made up of two contrasting ideals: Love And Fear. Pick One and Live.
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I like to be real private; you don’t always want everyone around you – even when they like you.
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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 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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