Axl Rose Quotes
When I was a kid, I was told rock n' roll wasn't music. It wasn't art. Queen was my proof, my evidence, that these people were wrong - and they meant everything to me.
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When I'm in the studio, I don't finish the song and say, 'That's going to be a big ringtone.'
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My mom is just so good with fashion! She always tells me what looks good, what doesn't look good, and she gives me great advice.
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Creativity runs across many categories in life, from the arts-and-crafts project a mum or dad does with their kids, to the bestselling author's manuscript, to the designs of the hairdresser, to the creations of the computer programming genius.
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He has the finest, fundamentally sound golf swing I've ever seen.
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It is good to be in front of the lens to appreciate more being behind the lens.
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I was handed a chocolate bar and an M-1 rifle and told to go kill Hitler.
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When you are in a small rural place with cold weather and a lot of granite, you need people who are going to work hard, and you really stop worrying about what gender they are.
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Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come.
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I started making music with my band in the '80s, so I am more product of post punk than classical music, and I have always carried on this way.
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This is going to sound pretentious and esoteric, but I truly mean it from the bottom of my heart. Acting has always been a spiritual journey for me. The very first project I ever acted on paralleled my experience so perfectly even before I was aware of it.
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I saw the pilot for 'Girls' about six months before it aired.
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As newly created P2P businesses disrupt the status quo and compete with established companies, they face the difficulty of fitting a square peg into a round hole when it comes to existing regulatory regimes that don't contemplate their business models.
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I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call a Gentle-man and is nothing else.
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I take a certain pride in having maintained a reputation for fast copy throughout my newspaper career. Fast-breaking stories left my typewriter in a hurry. Not great literature, perhaps, but fast, and usually accurate.
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Silk Road to Ruin has all the analysis and it's structured very well. I rely on my notes more and I use direct quotes. But there's nothing like writing about it right away.
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The Wild West attracts cowboys. A sheriff is a good thing.
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I can see myself always writing songs - but I'm not sure if I'll always want to perform.
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I didn't particularly like being objectified.
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The Constitution shall never be construed... to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms.
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I succumbed to hedonism.
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If you think the world is all wrong, remember that it contains people like you.
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I like a hem below my knee even though I was blessed with fairly good gams.
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I have been influenced by many different artists at many different stages of my life. Starting out, it was people like Elton John, Billy Joel, Ben Folds, and Fiona Apple. As I got older I got deeper into the work of bands like the Beatles, artists like Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, Etta James, and Joni Mitchell.
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When I was a kid, I was told rock n' roll wasn't music. It wasn't art. Queen was my proof, my evidence, that these people were wrong - and they meant everything to me.
