Slash quotes

Slash is a British-American musician and songwriter, best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Guns N' Roses. His signature top hat and electrifying guitar solos have made him an iconic figure in rock music. He continues to influence generations of guitarists and music fans worldwide. Here are 17 of his quotes:

Guitar is the best form of self-expression I know. Everything else, and I'm just sort of tripping around, trying to figure my way through life. (Slash)
I had no aspirations to be a musician, but I picked up a guitar for two seconds and haven't put it down since. View quote
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You know, when you really connect with the instrument and everything just comes out on an emotional level very naturally through your playing. That's, you know, a great night. And I think the reason I love touring so much is you're chasing that high around all the time, trying to have another good night. View quote
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Risk isn't a word in my vocabulary. It's my very existence. View quote
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Guitars are like women. You'll never get them totally right. View quote
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I don't believe in having regrets. View quote
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I always loved rock guitar. I just never put it together that that's what I'd end up doing. View quote
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So when I got to be about 13 or 14, I started listening - even though my parents music was way cool - to contemporary hard rock at that time, which was Aerosmith, Cheap Trick, Black Sabbath, AC/DC, Ted Nugent and all that, and that's just where I came from. View quote
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A lot of vices that I've had over the years were always to make up for some sort of character deficiency, one of them being shyness. View quote
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As for Guns N' Roses, I don't think there's ever a chance of a reunion. View quote
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My dad is a huge rock and roll lead guitar fan. I didn't even really know that until recently. Everything has to have a guitar solo in it. (Slash)
I think when I was a kid, and I was in England and it was all about The Stones, The Who, The Kinks and The Beatles and that's what my dad was into. View quote
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I'm not ridiculously wealthy, but I don't squander money either. View quote
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My mom did costumes for the Pointer Sisters. View quote
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I never want to draw attention to myself, but that's all I do. View quote
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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. View quote
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The only time I think I've ever gotten sick of playing Guns and Roses songs really was during - after having played them in Guns and Roses, and then in Snakepit, and then playing 'It's So Easy' and 'Brownstone' in Velvet Revolver. View quote
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Photo: Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0
Occupation: British Musician
Born: July 23, 1965
Quotes count: 17