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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Axl Rose34 quotes“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 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.
Axl RoseAxl Rose 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.
Axl RoseAxl Rose I like to be real private; you don’t always want everyone around you – even when they like you.
Axl RoseAxl Rose If love is blind I guess I’ll buy myself a cane.
Axl RoseAxl Rose 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.
Axl RoseAxl Rose I don’t even know my own phone number.
Axl RoseAxl Rose I like feeling a sense of unity with the crowd even though everybody might be thinking something different.
Axl RoseAxl Rose Life sucks, but in a beautiful kind of way.
Axl RoseAxl Rose 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.
Axl RoseAxl Rose 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.
Axl RoseAxl Rose Fear is where there is no love. Love is where there is no fear.
Axl RoseAxl Rose 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.
Axl RoseAxl Rose 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.
Axl RoseAxl Rose Be bitter, stay angry, and blame everyone!
Axl RoseAxl Rose November Rain is a song about not wanting to be in a state of having to deal with unrequited love.
Axl RoseAxl Rose Sometimes your friends are your lovers, or have been at one time.
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