Steven Adler quotes

Steven Adler is an American musician best known as the original drummer of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses. His energetic drumming and distinctive style contributed significantly to the band's iconic sound. He later pursued other musical projects and remains an influential figure in rock music. Here are 31 of his quotes:

Part of recovery is relapse. I dust myself off and move forward again.

Steven Adler

I look in the mirror and see a few scars, but I like myself.

Steven Adler

I just got tired of being sick and tired and feeling down. Unfortunately, you don't realize this until you're getting sober but the reason why you're depressed all the time is it's the drugs that are depressing you.

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GN'R was five guys who were all into different things. I liked pop and disco, Izzy was into New York rock, Slash loved Aerosmith and Led Zeppelin, Axl was into Genesis and Elton John, and Duff was a punk rocker. We all blended that stuff together.

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I have to say, the coolest person I ever met in my whole life is John Mellencamp. I never met a person who was more secure about himself and his person.

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I'm not gonna be a slave. I'm a rock n' roller.

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Loud is a way of life.

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People fight, they get angry, they do drugs, and they do crazy things.

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My health is wonderful. I work out. I'm working. Playing music. I have a beautiful wife, a nice home, a nice car, I got money in the bank. I got three beautiful dogs that love me. Like I said, I'm blessed. I survived.

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There are so many Al Anon fans and friends who have shown me wonderful love, prayers, thoughts! I thank everyone for this. It feels great to have wonderful people behind you, pushing and praying for you. Mostly, I don't want to let myself down, but they encourage me not to let them down.

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You figure that time could heal all wounds, but some people just really hold a crazy grudge.

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The real shame about the ending of the Guns N' Roses when I got kicked out wasn't just that I got kicked out, but Slash and Axl stopped working together.

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I used to wake up in the morning and say, 'Oh, God.' Now I wake up in the morning and look forward to life.

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Every 15, 20, 25 years, a new rock and roll record needs to come out and a new rock and roll band needs to come out.

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The only thing I want to be satisfied in life is to do one reunion tour with Guns N' Roses. I would like to finish what I started with them.

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I thank God, Jesus, and my Grandmother for being able to support myself and my family.

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I've been blessed. I grew up and played and worked and created with the Freddie Mercury, the Jimi Hendrix, the Keith Richards, the John Paul Jones of my generation.

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I just had lunch with Slash two days ago. He loves Axl. He holds no grudges towards him. Twenty years of great music wasn't created because of some stupid grudge. That's a shame.

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The golden rule of drums is hands clapping and feet tapping, and when you are in and out of consciousness, you can't do that to best of your ability.

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You can have all the riches and success in the world, but if you dont have your health, you have nothing.

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If the Police could do a reunion... One of the biggest jerks I ever met was Sting. If he can do it, then anyone can do it. It's not that big a deal. And the Eagles! They did it! They severely hated each other. It's just rock and roll.

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It's hard to find five musicians who know what the other is going to do before they do it. And that's what we had in GN'R.

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