Quotes from Duff McKagan

I have panic attacks here and there, like in the weirdest places ever, and I've learned to deal with them.

We wrote the songs we wrote - we took from our own experiences, melded it together, and wrote what became 'Appetite For Destruction.'

I have a teenage daughter and a 10-year-old daughter. Things are pink and fluffy at my house, with two little dogs. It's pretty funny to be me now. And I'm in on the joke that is my life.

I came up in the punk rock scene of Seattle.

I've never seen 'The Simpsons.'

Turn off the TV, turn off the Internet, just go out, and I bet you your life will get better really quick.

The thing is that business and success, and how hard it is, doesn't look any different whether you're playing a gig at eleven o'clock at night or you're going to work at nine in the morning at a law firm.

I saw some really amazing stuff with Axl. We worked really well together. We were good friends. And I hope to perhaps have that friendship back one day, although it's not something I wait around for.

Everybody in Seattle thought I was the chosen one, musically wise. You know, if anyone was going to make it, it was going to be that guy.

I went to business school in my thirties.

I don't know where I'm rated. I don't pay attention to that. I'm really so just all into my craft. It's not a contest. I try to play the best.

I didn't graduate high school.

Never in my life have I thought, 'Man, I gotta get a Grammy.'

Attending Seattle Central was an awesome experience - it taught me a lot about discipline in a great way.

I didn't start off as a bass player, and Guns was the first band I really, like, 'Oh, I'm gonna be a bass player. This is what I'm gonna do.' And I really dove into it head first.

Guns N' Roses is a weighty subject, but in the same breath, I don't take it that seriously.

Is the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame that important to me? No. Is it something I've aspired towards? No.

I'm not Cormac McCarthy, but I can get my point across in a thousand words.

I just don't like reality TV.

When the record company pays you an advance, it is just that - an advance. And it's at worse rates than any bank would charge you to pay them back.

You can't mass produce somebody's heart and soul. It's a very delicate thing.

Words and titles can be used as dictums and guides for all of us. A certain word can suddenly snap us back to a good place. 'Rocker' works for me.

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.

People in Seattle - and I'm speaking from experience - are indoors more. It used to just rain a ton, and as a result, you'd be inside listening to music all the time and playing. You'd all rehearse at each other's houses and share ideas. There was no competition. When I got to L.A., I was really stunned by the competition.