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Axl Rose

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Singer-songwriter

Axl Rose, born William Adam Rose, is a renowned American singer-songwriter. Born on February 6, 1962, he is known for his distinctive voice and talent in rock music. Rose is best known as the lead vocalist of the iconic rock band Guns N' Roses, which achieved massive success in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

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“If I hadn't had Freddie Mercury's lyrics to hold on to as a kid I don't know where I would be. It taught me about all forms of music... it would open my mind. I never really had a bigger teacher in my whole life.”

Ifs Knows Mind Whole Would Be Kids Form Teacher Taught Bigger Whole Life Mercury

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“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.”

Asks Clock Living My Life Touring Lack Of Respect

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

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“There was a much more self-destructive nature in 'Appetite.' It was a going-for-it-at-all-cost thing that worked then.”

Self Cost Destructive Appetite Self Destructive Going For It

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“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.”

People Giving Persons Long Stills Sometimes Shows Pain Values Turns Strong Forget Taken Fans Stage Long Time Beats Entertainment Mike Forget You

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“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.”

People Knows Trying Running Rocks Honor Recognition Making Money Halls Respectful Be Respectful

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“We have a saying in Guns N Roses: When somebodys gonna get yelled at, theyre gonna get the corn.”

Gun Rose Corn Guns N Roses

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“Regarding social media, I really dont understand what appears to be the general populations lack of concern over privacy issues in publicizing their entire lives on the Internet for others to see to such an extent... but hey its them, not me, so whatever.”

Social Issues Media Internet Concern Population Social Media Hey Privacy

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“I sing in five or six different voices that are all part of me. Its not contrived.”

Different Voice Five Six Different Voices

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“I think the pressure has also helped me want to rise above that pressure, and it has helped in accelerating the healing process. It's helped give me a drive. I have a definite survival drive, and the pressure gave me a drive to get on top of it.”

Thinking Want Giving Process Healing Survival Give Me Pressure Definite Rise Above Healing Process

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“Sometimes I would want to sink, and then while I was sinking I'd go, "Wait a minute, this isn't what I want to do," and I would calm down while I was sinking and then start rising back to the surface again.”

Want Sometimes Waiting Minutes Calm Surface Rising Sinking Calm Down

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“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.”

Feels Art Song Responsibility Performances Works Of Art

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“Many times drugs and alcohol - there's a technical term that they're called, emotional suppressants - are the only things that can help a person survive and get through and be able to deal with their pain.”

Persons Helping Able Pain Term Deals Emotional Drug Alcohol Drugs And Alcohol

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“I think that it would be good for people to realize and understand that they are doing something to deal with their pain and they aren't really going to be allowed to escape it and outrun it forever without side effects and certain consequences, as far as emotional and mental happiness and their physical condition. And I'd like people to be aware of those things.”

People Thinking Would Be Pain Certain Sides Realizing Deals Forever Conditions Effects Emotional Consequence Be Good Side Effects Outrun

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“I personally don't do any hard drugs, because they get in the way of me getting to my base issues, and I'd rather get rid of the excess baggage than find a way to shove it deeper in the closet.”

Way Hard Issues Drug Deeper Excess Closets Baggage Excess Baggage

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“I like feeling a sense of unity with the crowd even though everybody might be thinking something different.”

Thinking Different Feelings Might Unity Crowds

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“Rock n' roll was a bad and evil thing. l remember once I was singing a Barry Manilow song, "Mandy," In the back seat of the car. It came on the radio, and I kind of sang with it, and I got smacked In the mouth because that song was "evil."”

Kind Remember Song Evil Rocks Car Singing Mouths Radio Seats Rock N Roll Evil Things

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“People can do whatever they want to, but I'm more pro-hetero. I'm not knocking it - I have friends that are gay. It's just that it's not my cup of tea, l guess. That's all. People can do what they want.”

People Want Can Do Gay Cups Tea Knocking Cups Of Tea

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“Freddie Mercury and Elton John are, like, two of the biggest Influences in my whole life. And probably always will be.”

Two Whole Influence Whole Life Mercury

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“If someone asked me if I could have anything in the world, what would l want? If l could own anything, like owning a piece of art, l think it would be Elton John's publishing, on his first seven albums. I don't want the money. Being able to own those songs Is like owning a painting of someone you admire.”

Ifs Thinking World Want Firsts Art Would Be Able Song Pieces Painting Seven Albums Admire If I Could Publishing

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“I don't even know my own phone number.”

Knows My Own Numbers Phones Phone Numbers

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

Hip Hop Nine Hips Hops Inches Nails

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“If you are really into waiting, try holding your breath for Jesus, 'cause I hear the payoff may be that much greater.”

Ifs Trying May Jesus Causes Waiting Greater Breaths Payoff

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

Has Beens Sometimes Lovers One Time

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

Want Real Like You Being Real

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“As for money and prestige, if one has an opportunity to make money and/or advance their position or place in life there can be a lot to weigh and consider, such as responsibilities, goals and objectives etc. We all make choices, deal with our sense of priorities, principles, ethics, morals, balancing, juggling, making compromises... or not! Ha!”

Ifs Choices Opportunity Goal Deals Responsibility Moral Principles Position Ethics Priorities Objectives Compromise Making Money Etc Prestige Juggling Goals And Objectives Place In Life

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“I discovered I scream the same way whether I'm about to be devoured by a great white shark or if a piece of seaweed touches my foot.”

Ifs Way Funny Nature White Pieces Feet Humorous Scream Sharks Seaweed

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“I'm not God but if I were God, ¾ of you would be girls, and the rest would be pizza and beer.”

Ifs Would Be Girl Beer Rock N Roll Pizza

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“Life sucks, but in a beautiful kind of way.”

Way Kind Beautiful Rock N Roll Life Sucks

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“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.”

Writing Firsts Wanted Lasts Levels Competition Songwriting Vocal

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“I'd just like to say that I have a personal disgust for small dogs, like poodles. I have some serious physical problems with them. Everything about them means I must kill them. I must.”

Mean Problem Dog Serious Disgusting Poodles Small Dogs

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“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.”

Feels Writing Pain Hate Enjoy

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“Fear is where there is no love. Love is where there is no fear.”

Love Is No Fear No Love

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“I guess I like who I am now. I'd just like to have a little more internal peace. I'm sure everybody would.”

Littles Who I Am Internals Internal Peace

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

Made Two Picks Ideals Love And Fear

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“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.”

Knows Want Inspirational Book Whole Stories Lines Judging Granted Judgement Selected Judging A Book By Its Cover

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“I'm late to everything. I've always wanted to have it written in my will that when I die, the coffin shows up a half hour late and says on the side, like in gold, 'Sorry I'm Late'.”

Shows Wanted Dies Sides Hours Half Written Late Gold Sorry Coffins Half Hours

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“It's really hard to maintain a one-on-one relationship if the other person is not going to allow me to be with other people.”

People Ifs Persons Hard Funny Stupid Divorce One On One Really Stupid Stupid Celebrity Really Dumb Stupidest Celebrity Dumbest Celebrity Dumb Celebrity

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“Let sleeping dogs lie or lying dogs sleep or whatever. Time to move on. People get divorced. Life doesn't owe you your own personal happy ending especially at another's, or in this case several others', expense.”

People Moving Lying Sleep Cases Dog Expenses Divorced Happy Endings Time To Move On Sleeping Dogs

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

States Song Deals Rain Unrequited Love November Unrequited

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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.”

People Art Kids Rocks Evidence Proof Queens Rock N Roll

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“Be bitter, stay angry, and blame everyone!”

Blame Angry Bitter

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

Ifs Love Is Blind Love Is Blind

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“I'm glad to be here [in Israel] again.”

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“What’s so civil about war anyway?”

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About the Author

Born: February 6, 1962
Known for: Singer-songwriter
Quotes: 45

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