Quotes from Duff McKagan

I kind of feel bad that I don't know the names of the people in Girls Aloud!

I have always been a huge sports fan, but more of the pedestrian and 'homer' sort.

I'm a book nerd, and I've seen authors that I love, I've gone and seen them speak or read from a book.

I didn't have any work to do, and I had files of my personal and Guns N' Roses financial statements for the previous eight years. I wanted to learn how to read these, but I didn't trust anybody. I just got a lightbulb in my head and said, 'I want to go to school.' That began my journey, taking accountancy and business classes at Seattle.

Being in a band is the best place I can think of to be as up-front as possible. If you let something stew, it'll grow into a mountain of nonsensical black mud in no time.

I have mutual funds. I have a lot of individual stocks. I'm across the board, really well diversified.

One of the first 45s I ever bought was the Stooges' 'I Got a Right.' Probably one of my favorite singles, ever.

Our family is mixed. My oldest sister married a black man in 1962, which was way out there then.

When you know you have a good song, when you're onstage, even if it's just a weird, basic energy, you know your song is good.

I read Slash's book because we were on the road together with Velvet Revolver when that came out.

You know what's a great song that will be stuck in your head if I say it? 'Single Ladies,' by Beyonce. Killer song.

Three weeks into being in Hollywood, I was playing with Slash through an ad in the paper.

Personally, I had made a good amount of dough for a 30-year-old guy, but I didn't know a thing about money. I'm not a dumb guy, but I couldn't figure them out.

I can only write from a man's viewpoint.

That connectivity with the audience that I get to enjoy, that's my church. It's not one of ego or anything like, 'I'm on the stage and the lights.' It's just this connectivity, and it's always been that way for me.

Sometimes, when you get into a record, it's like writing a book, and you get so far inside the story you can't tell anymore if it's gonna be good to an outside listener.

When I sing with Loaded, I can't move at all. I'm playing guitar, and I'm singing.

You become friends with your kids' friends' parents. That's just the way it's gonna be. And sometimes you luck out, and it's great.