“So where do you go? Back to the bottle And back to a tiny room somewhere. And wait. And wait, and wait. That's all.” WaitingDrinkingNothingnessBeingNothingRoomNot Fitting InSkid Row Author:Charles Bukowski
“Ricky was a young boy, he had a heart of stone./Tequila in his heartbeat, his veins burned gasoline./18 and life you got it.” 80sTeenagersMetalTeenage AngstSkid Row80s Music Author:Skid Row
“I get noticed for different things I've done in different areas of town. If I'm in a rock club, it'll be Skid Row, if I'm in a mall it's the 'Gilmore Girls.'” IfsDifferentDoneGirlRocksAreasTownsClubsDifferent ThingsMallsGilmore GirlsSkid Row Author:Sebastian Bach
“Famously sunny Los Angeles has long been known as the homeless capital of America, from beachy communities like Santa Monica and Venice to Skid Row downtown.” LongAmericaCommunityKnownLos AngelesHomelessSantaSunnyVeniceDowntownMonicaSanta MonicaSkid Row Author:John Carlos Frey
“Everyone in boxing probably makes out well except for the fighter. He's the only one that's on Skid Row most of the time; he's the only one that everybody just leaves when he loses his mind. He sometimes goes insane, he sometimes goes on the bottle, because it's an intensive pressure sport that allows people to just lose it.” PeopleMindWellsSometimesSportsLosesGoes OnPressureInsaneFighterBoxingBottlesMake OutSkid Row Author:Mike Tyson
“I know that I come from mid-20th century America, urban, specifically downtown New York, specifically an Italian-American area, Roman Catholic - that's who I am. And a part of what I know is there's a decency to people who tried to make a living in the kind of world that was around us and also the Skid Row area of the Bowery; it impressed me.” PeopleKnowsWorldKindAmericaCenturyNew YorkAreasCatholicWho I AmItalianImpressedUrban20th CenturyDecencyDowntownRoman CatholicItalian AmericanSkid Row Author:Martin Scorsese
“Being a cover artist is not like being a real artist. That's just copying what someone else did.” RealArtistBeing RealCopyingReal ArtistsSkid Row Author:Sebastian Bach
“A lot of people when they try to sing Skid Row songs, they're screaming and yelling too much. It's more singing than screaming.” PeopleTryingSongToo MuchSingingYellingSkid Row Author:Sebastian Bach
“When your 18th, 19, 20 years old like we were at that time, its just like anyone else, you look at like Silverchair and bands like that that are super young and sound extremely derivative of bands that were out at that current moment. As they sounded like 'Nirvana in pajamas' as we called them, we sounded like Bon Jovi and Skid Row and Motley Crue, because we were only influenced by what was out at the time because we were so young” YearsLooksMomentsYoungSoundBandCurrentsDerivativesPajamasMotley CrueBon JoviSkid Row Author:Butch Walker
“I made practice runs down to skid row to get ready for my future.” MadeRunningPracticeReadyMy FutureSkid Row Book:Ham On Rye Source: Ham On Rye
“When I get down to my last dime I'll just walk over to skid row." "There are some real weirdos down there." "They're everywhere.” RealLastsWalksDimesWeirdoSkid Row Book:Ham On Rye Source: Ham On Rye
“Everybody in boxing probably makes out well except for the fighter.” WellsFighterBoxingMake OutSkid Row Author:Mike Tyson