Top 85 Quotes & Sayings by Slash

I'm not ridiculously wealthy, but I don't squander money either.

The only time I think I've ever gotten sick of playing Guns and Roses songs really was during - after having played them in Guns and Roses, and then in Snakepit, and then playing 'It's So Easy' and 'Brownstone' in Velvet Revolver.

I think that was the whole idea behind doing the solo record was to be able to do musically whatever I wanted to do.

I had no aspirations to be a musician, but I picked up a guitar for two seconds and haven't put it down since.

Guitars are like women. You'll never get them totally right.

I never want to draw attention to myself, but that's all I do.

I'm not overly greedy.

I do consider myself British. I have very strong feelings about my British heritage.

And, so, when I picked up the guitar, suddenly, just playing a couple of notes really, really spoke to me. It was almost like I should have been doing it prior to that. You know, it was something that just felt really natural.

We had a really vast music collection and I was raised around rock'n'roll, it's just the way it was.

So when I got to be about 13 or 14, I started listening - even though my parents music was way cool - to contemporary hard rock at that time, which was Aerosmith, Cheap Trick, Black Sabbath, AC/DC, Ted Nugent and all that, and that's just where I came from.

I always loved rock guitar. I just never put it together that that's what I'd end up doing. I had no aspirations to be a musician, but I picked up a guitar for two seconds and haven't put it down since.

As for Guns N' Roses, I don't think there's ever a chance of a reunion.

And, as soon as I could put together the, you know, three or four notes that made up, like, sort of a rock and roll lick, you know, like a Chuck Berry kind of thing, I was off and running. Just completely taken over.

A lot of vices that I've had over the years were always to make up for some sort of character deficiency, one of them being shyness.

I always loved rock guitar. I just never put it together that that's what I'd end up doing.

I still party all the time and hang out with everyone who drinks, but I just don't personally, and don't really have the desire to get blitzed drunk any more.

I allow myself one nice car.

Risk isn't a word in my vocabulary. It's my very existence.

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.

My dad is a huge rock n' roll lead guitar fan.

You know, when you really connect with the instrument and everything just comes out on an emotional level very naturally through your playing. That's, you know, a great night. And I think the reason I love touring so much is you're chasing that high around all the time, trying to have another good night.

My dad is a huge rock and roll lead guitar fan. I didn't even really know that until recently. Everything has to have a guitar solo in it.

I think when I was a kid, and I was in England and it was all about The Stones, The Who, The Kinks and The Beatles and that's what my dad was into.

My mom did costumes for the Pointer Sisters.

One time we played a concert in Antwerp, Belgium. At least I thought it was Antwerp, Belgium. Turns out it was a Stop 'n Shop in Wisconsin somewhere, but it was fun man.

I've been on the road for so long that it's a part of my being. Even after all these years, I love playing. I love recording. I love writing. I love rehearsing. I love touring. I love all that stuff.

I guess you could say there are two Slashes. There's the crazy, rock-and-roll Slash, he's wild. And then there's the real Slash- he collects miniature soaps and treats his hookers real nice.

That's always stuck with me, with music. I've never really gotten jaded about it. I've always loved music for the sake of doing it, and the longer I do it, the more I like it. Hopefully, I'll be able to have that same point of view in this business, or at least with doing this.

If I could hang out with Jimi Hendrix, it wouldn't be over dinner.

Rock n' roll is about attitude and rebellion. It's supposed to be fun and spontaneous.

If you were a kid and you wanted to come out and make a statement now, you'd have to really dig deep to find something that no one has exposed already.

Notes and chords have become my second language and, more often than not, that vocabulary expresses what I feel when language fails me.

Axl and I came from completely different backgrounds. Because of that we made an interesting pair trying to figure each other out.

Being a rockstar is the intersection of who you are and who you want to be.

An anagram of Axl Rose is oral sex. Why do I know? Because when I'm not playing music I love solving erotic jumbles.

If it had been any different, if I had been born just one minute later, or been in the wrong pace at the right time or vice versa, the life that I've lived and come to love would not exist. And that is a situation that I would not want to consider in the slightest.

As soon as I could put together the, you know, three or four notes that made up, like, sort of a rock and roll lick, you know, like a Chuck Berry kind of thing, I was off and running. Just completely taken over.

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.

GET YOURSELF TOGETHER DRINK TILL YOU DROP FORGET ABOUT TOMORROW AND HAVE ANOTHER SHOT

A day doesn't go by where I don't get surprised by something.

It's not so much about how good a player you are, its how cool you are.

Whenever society gets too stifling and the rules too complex, there's some sort of musical explosion.

I don't think there's anything better than hearing your favorite band live.

Restlessness is a fickle catalyst; it can drive you to achieve or it can coax your demise, and sometimes the choice isn't yours

That's a wonderful side effect of leather pants: when you pee yourself in them, they're more forgiving than jeans.

When we weren't being transcendent we specialized in self-inflicted disaster.

I've always had to do things my way; I play guitar my way; I've taken myself to the edges of life my way; I've gotten clean my way; And I'm still here. Whether or not I deserve to be is another story.

For me, the original Guns N' Roses is the embodiment of a certain kind of chemistry that really couldn't be duplicated.

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.

I once asked Axl why he left the 'E' off his name. He started crying and said he thought he'd spelled it right.

I dont believe in having regrets.

If I ever go bald, I'll kill myself.

I do all my interviews on the toilet.

Drugs and sex go hand in hand when you're a rock and roll musician. Whereas if I were a violinist, it might be a little different.

Directing is like guitar playing. That's a unique mind-set and talent, unto itself. I like the idea of putting everything together to make a great movie.

I got the name Slash because I used to work in a grocery store and I was in charge of reducing prices for really big sales.

You can't wait around for destiny to give you what you think you deserve, you have to earn it, even if you think you've paid your dues.

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.

It seems like a lot of what was going on when I quit is still going on.