"I know that many of you are disappointed that some of the people that you came to know and love could not be with us here today. Regardless of what you have heard or read, people worked very hard (meaning my former friends) to do everything they could so that I could not be here today. I say @#$%& that. I am as hurt and disappointed as you that, unlike Oasis, we could not find a way to all get along."[
Axl Rose

"It pisses me off when you've got people right in front of you with their arms crossed and a "show me something" look on their faces. I don't need people to sit there and test me. I'm up there, I know what I'm doing. I know how much effort we're putting into it. I don't need someone sitting there saying "impress me". I feel like saying, "no, you impress me "
Axl Rose

"It still gets to me when I see a crowd where a 17 year old kid acts like he's bored," he said. "I want to ask him 'Hey, what do you want? What do you have to do tonight that's better than this?"
Axl Rose