Originally, I Wanted To Call The Band

When I Was A Kid, A Lot Of My Parents' Friends Were In The Music Business. In The Late '60s And Early '70s - All The Way Through The '70s, Actually - A Lot Of The Bands That Were Around Had Kids At A Very Young Age. So They Were All Working On That Concept Way Early On. And I Figured If They Can Do It, I Could Do It, Too.

Axl [rose] Is Not The Type Of Person To Make Something Up. So I Was Sort Of Shocked That He Went That Direction. That Caused Me A Lot Of Problems.

It's Not Something You Can Find. There's A Moment You Arrive At --- There's No Words For It. A Bunch Of People Come Together At This Place Where A Note Hits Your Heart And Your Brain Tells Your Finger Where To Go. It's An Otherworldly Thing, Like When A Painter Gets The Right Combination Of Colors Together.

When That Band Started Out, I Was 18 Years Old. So That Was My Reality All The Way Up Until I Quit The Band. And Even Then, You Know, Guns N' Roses Has A Nasty Way Of Sticking Around.

I Had No Aspirations To Be A Musician, But I Picked Up A Guitar For Two Seconds And Haven't Put It Down Since.