Axl [rose] Is Not The Type Of

No One Expects The Rug To Be Yanked Out From Underneath Them; Life-changing Events Usually Don’t Announce Themselves. While Instinct And Intuition Can Help Provide Some Warning Signs, They Can Do Little To Prepare You For The Feeling Of Rootlessness That Follows When Fate Flips Your World Upside Down. Anger, Confusion, Sadness, And Frustration Are Shaken Up Together Inside You Like A Snow Globe. It Takes Years For The Emotional Dust To Settle As You Do Your Best To See Through The Storm.

What Does Surprise Me, Though, Is The Amount Of Attention This Band [guns'n'roses] Has Garnered 11 Years After The Original Lineup Broke Up. That's An Interesting Phenomenon. It Was Even Interesting Back In The Day. I Mean, [we Were] This Glorified Garage Band. It Was A Great Band, But It Was Not The Kind Of Band You Expected To Become What It Has.

People Want You To Produce Records. They Don't Care What It Took To Make It. When A Band Is Out Doing Concerts, The Fans Don't Want To Know About Equipment Difficulties. They Want Their Hour-and-a-half Release, And That's It.

Guitar Is The Best Form Of Self-expression I Know. Everything Else, And I'm Just Sort Of Tripping Around, Trying To Figure My Way Through Life.

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.