Risk Isn't A Word In My Vocabulary.

When That Band Started Out, I Was 18 Years Old. So That Was My Reality All The Way Up Until I Quit The Band. And Even Then, You Know, Guns N' Roses Has A Nasty Way Of Sticking Around.

As Soon As I Could Put Together The, You Know, Three Or Four Notes That Made Up, Like, Sort Of A Rock And Roll Lick, You Know, Like A Chuck Berry Kind Of Thing, I Was Off And Running. Just Completely Taken Over.

Once You’ve Lived A Little You Will Find That Whatever You Send Out Into The World Comes Back To You In One Way Or Another. It May Be Today, Tomorrow, Or Years From Now, But It Happens; Usually When You Least Expect It, Usually In A Form That’s Pretty Different From The Original. Those Coincidental Moments That Change Your Life Seem Random At The Time But I Don’t Think They Are. At Least That’s How It’s Worked Out In My Life. And I Know I’m Not The Only One.

Axl And I Came From Completely Different Backgrounds. Because Of That We Made An Interesting Pair Trying To Figure Each Other Out.

When I See Footage Of Guns N' Roses, I See That Fu**ing Hunger And Attitude. You Could Not F**k With Those Five Guys. It Was Just Raw. It Was This Lean, Hungry Thing On Its Way Up. It Was As Sincere As Any Rock 'n' Roll That I've Ever Heard, And I'm Proud Of That.