I Think When I Was A Kid,

When I Was A Kid, A Lot Of My Parents' Friends Were In The Music Business. In The Late '60s And Early '70s - All The Way Through The '70s, Actually - A Lot Of The Bands That Were Around Had Kids At A Very Young Age. So They Were All Working On That Concept Way Early On. And I Figured If They Can Do It, I Could Do It, Too.

I Once Asked Axl Why He Left The 'e' Off His Name. He Started Crying And Said He Thought He'd Spelled It Right.

I Got The Name Slash Because I Used To Work In A Grocery Store And I Was In Charge Of Reducing Prices For Really Big Sales.

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.

Originally, I Wanted To Call The Band 'guns 'n Robots.' I Still Believe That If We Had Just Called Ourselves 'guns 'n Robots' We'd Still Be Together.