Quotes from Axl Rose

November Rain is a song about not wanting to be in a state of having to deal with unrequited love.

If love is blind I guess I'll buy myself a cane

'Appetite for Destruction' was the only thing written with lyrics and melody fitting the guitar parts at the same time. After that, I got a barrage of guitar songs that I was supposed to put words to, and I don't know if that was the best thing for Guns.

We take it for granted we know the whole story - We judge a book by its cover and read what we want between selected lines.

I like to be real private; you don't always want everyone around you - even when they like you.

We have a saying in Guns N' Roses: 'When somebody's gonna get yelled at, they're gonna get the corn.'

What's so civil about war anyway?

I really liked the Seattle movement.

I like Nine Inch Nails, and I like hip-hop.

I'm in California, and that usually leans Democratic, and that's usually where I lean anyway... I would lean Democrat; I would lean Obama.

I feel I have a responsibility to myself, a responsibility to explain where we're coming from. Because a song or the performance of a song is a lot like a work of art.

Sometimes your friends are your lovers, or have been at one time.

Queen has always been my favorite band. Freddie is the greatest singer, ever, is the way I look at it. The other thing about Queen for me is they embraced so many different styles.

I go to movies, go out with friends, go to car shows. I have a zoo.

At times I enjoy writing and at others times I just hate it because it's definitely having to go back and experience some pain and express what you really feel.

We are made up of two contrasting ideals: Love And Fear. Pick One and Live.