I like to be real private; you don't always want everyone around... by Axl Rose

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

Axl Rose

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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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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.

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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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I like feeling a sense of unity with the crowd even though everybody might be thinking something different.

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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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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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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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If someone asked me if I could have anything in the world, what would l want? If l could own anything, like owning a piece of art, l think it would be Elton John's publishing, on his first seven albums. I don't want the money. Being able to own those songs Is like owning a painting of someone you admire.

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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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Rock n' roll was a bad and evil thing. l remember once I was singing a Barry Manilow song, "Mandy," In the back seat of the car. It came on the radio, and I kind of sang with it, and I got smacked In the mouth because that song was "evil."

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We have a saying in Guns N Roses: When somebodys gonna get yelled... by Axl Rose

We have a saying in Guns N Roses: When somebodys gonna get yelled at, theyre gonna get the corn.

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As for money and prestige, if one has an opportunity to make money and/or advance their position or place in life there can be a lot to weigh and consider, such as responsibilities, goals and objectives etc. We all make choices, deal with our sense of priorities, principles, ethics, morals, balancing, juggling, making compromises... or not! Ha!

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What’s so civil about war anyway? by Axl Rose

What’s so civil about war anyway?

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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.

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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.

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I like Nine Inch Nails, and I like hip-hop. by Axl Rose

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

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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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I'm glad to be here [in Israel] again. by Axl Rose

I'm glad to be here [in Israel] again.

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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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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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