"It`s not like we`re the most intelligent bunch, but as far as street sense - hanging out, doing drugs, partying, girls and shit like that - we know and understand a lot. It`s like we purposely put ourselves through street school. I didn`t know how to pick up ckicks, so I used to stand outside the Rainbow and watch how this goes down."

"Fear is where there is no love. Love is where there is no fear."

"We are made up of two contrasting ideals-Love And Fear. Pick One and Live."

"I`m late to everything. I`ve always wanted to have it written in my will that when I die, the coffin shows up a half hour late and says on the side, like in gold, `Sorry I`m Late`."

"I discovered that I scream the same way whether I`m about to be devoured by a Great White or if a piece of seaweed touches my foot."

"If you`re operating out of fear that you`re not going to live past a certain point anyway."

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

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 really liked the Seattle movement.

I like to be real private; you don`t always want everyone around you - even when they like you.

"Contrary to allegations in the lawsuit, Axl has never denied that others made substantial contributions towards the success of Guns N` Roses, but there is little doubt as to who was the creative catalyst behind the group`s success.”

"I know I can do better than that.”

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

“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.”

"I used to use the Internet a lot, but I got tired of reading all the garbage on there about me. The Internet is just a huge garbage can."

"Life sucks, but in a beautiful kind of way."