Axl Rose Quotes & Sayings

“Sometimes your friends are your lovers, or have been at one time.”

“I like to be real private; you don't always want everyone around you - even when they like you.”

“There was a much more self-destructive nature in 'Appetite.' It was a going-for-it-at-all-cost thing that worked then.”

“I sing in five or six different voices that are all part of me. It's not contrived.”

“We have a saying in Guns N' Roses: 'When somebody's gonna get yelled at, they're gonna get the corn.'”

“Regarding social media, I really don't understand what appears to be the general population's lack of concern over privacy issues in publicizing their entire lives on the Internet for others to see to such an extent... but hey it's them, not me, so whatever.”

“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.”

“I like Nine Inch Nails, and I like hip-hop.”

“I really liked the Seattle movement.”

“I could beat my mike stand into the stage, but I was still in pain. Maybe fans liked it, but sometimes people forget you're a person and they're more into the entertainment value. It's taken a long time to turn that around and give a strong show without it being a kamikaze show.”