Duff McKagan

Never in my life have I thought, 'Man, I gotta get a Grammy.'

I saw the Clash in '79 at the Paramount in Seattle, and it changed my whole life.

The Joshua Tree' was the soundtrack of my life when we were making 'Appetite.'

Turn off the TV, turn off the Internet, just go out, and I bet you your life will get better really quick.

Being a rocker, to me, is equal to living as much of the truth as possible.

The Taking' is the closest thing to a 'concept' record that I have ever been involved with. Pain, loss, triumph, and redemption. Life. Bring it.

Axl did sometimes have volatile actions, but I knew that guy as a whole - all the good stuff, too.

I think after 9/11, here in America, I saw something extraordinary. I saw neighbors looking after neighbors. I don't think anybody asked who anybody voted for. It was people taking care of other people.

When I started going to business school, I started getting calls from my peers asking for my help. I thought, 'Well, there are a lot of people like me who make a bunch of money and just get so scared of it and don't know what to do with it.' I just didn't want to be 60 years old and broke.

When you start a band, you have to find people that are good, have the same sort of mindset as you musically.

The thing is that business and success, and how hard it is, doesn't look any different whether you're playing a gig at eleven o'clock at night or you're going to work at nine in the morning at a law firm.

I went to business school in my thirties.