I Always Loved Rock Guitar. I Just

I Mean, The Thing About Guns N' Roses Was That It Wasn't Trying To Attach Itself To The '80s, Or Anything That Had To Do With The '80s. It's Just Who We Were At That Time. We Were Doing What We Wanted To Do. That Had Really Nothing To Do With Anything Around Us, Except For The Simple Fact That We Were Rebelling Against That Stuff.

When It Comes To Actually Writing, I Like To Write In A Full Room With The Amps Blasting, And A Big Drum Set.

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.

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.

It's Not Something You Can Find. There's A Moment You Arrive At --- There's No Words For It. A Bunch Of People Come Together At This Place Where A Note Hits Your Heart And Your Brain Tells Your Finger Where To Go. It's An Otherworldly Thing, Like When A Painter Gets The Right Combination Of Colors Together.