In rock n' roll, we don't sell records at all like we used to. Yet the artist still has to pay to make records. So you've just got to get out on tour and be smarter about your merchandising.
Guns N' Roses is a weighty subject, but in the same breath, I don't take it that seriously.
I'm not Cormac McCarthy, but I can get my point across in a thousand words.
One of the first 45s I ever bought was the Stooges' 'I Got a Right.' Probably one of my favorite singles, ever.
If you don't have a good rhythm section, your band is toast; you're a bar band. Good rhythm section, you've got a chance to get out of the bar.
I read Slash's book because we were on the road together with Velvet Revolver when that came out.