24 Interesting Quotes By Axl Rose
Several media outlets, including Rolling Stones and NME have mentioned Axl Rose as one of the greatest singers of all times and rightly so. Over a career spanning many decades, Axl Rose has consistently wooed his fan-base with his singing, music, lyrics and excellent showmanship. Apart from handling the part time duty of leading the rock band AC/DC, Axl Rose has been leading the band Guns N’ Roses as the lead singer since 1985. A Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Axl has won over the music critics and the general public all over the world with albums such as ‘Use Your Illusion’ series and ‘Chinese Democracy’. Axl has expressed his views on life, love, friends, music, rock, art and entertainment that further magnify his stature among his fans. We have collected the best of Axl Rose quotes taken from his interviews, live shows and song lyrics.
Mick Jagger is one of the greatest athletes who ever lived, just for how much he puts into it onstage.
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.
A lot of the 'Back In Black' stuff is really challenging.
I wasn't looking at it like, 'I'm singing for AC/DC.' I was looking at it like, 'Y'know, if I can, and if they think I'm able to do it.'
I sing in five or six different voices that are all part of me. It's not contrived.
I like Nine Inch Nails, and I like hip-hop.
We have a saying in Guns N' Roses: 'When somebody's gonna get yelled at, they're gonna get the corn.'
I write the vocals last, because I wanted to invent the music first and push the music to the level that I had to compete against it.
I go to movies, go out with friends, go to car shows. I have a zoo.
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.
In general, I usually don't really go by or live my life by a clock, and outside of touring, I don't really ask anyone else to. It's not out of lack of respect for anyone or intentional.
There was a much more self-destructive nature in 'Appetite.' It was a going-for-it-at-all-cost thing that worked then.
I really liked the Seattle movement.
Slash and I hadn't talked in 19 years, and when we did talk, I was like, 'You wrote a lot of stuff that didn't even happen. It's not real.'
I like to be real private; you don't always want everyone around you - even when they like you.
The Guns N' Roses reunion didn't happen by chance or whatever. It was always looked at as a possibility, but it never seemed right or felt right.
Regarding social media, I really don't understand what appears to be the general population's lack of concern over privacy issues in publicizing their entire lives on the Internet for others to see to such an extent... but hey it's them, not me, so whatever.
I try to be respectful about getting an honor or recognition, but I don't really know what the Rock Hall actually is. In my experience with the people who run it, I don't see it having to do with anything other than them making money.
'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.
I could beat my mike stand into the stage, but I was still in pain. Maybe fans liked it, but sometimes people forget you're a person and they're more into the entertainment value. It's taken a long time to turn that around and give a strong show without it being a kamikaze show.
I don't really know what to say about Izzy. It's like you could have a conversation and think it's one way, and the next day, it's another way. And I'm not trying to take any shots at Izzy. It's just his thing is kind of his thing, whatever that is.
I mainly listen to the music that's playing during movies. It can be the theme to 'Pirates of the Caribbean,' 'The Equalizer,' stuff like that. I like the blend of orchestra with modern instrumentation. It's something that I've wanted to do.
'Chinese Democracy' wasn't trying to tell China to have a democracy or anything like that. I don't have an opinion on what kind of government they should have. My thing is, I went to stay there for about three months, and everywhere I went, the people are so shielded from what's going on in the world.
