Axl Rose
- Country : United States
- Profession :Musician
- DOB: 1962-02-06
Axl Rose, born William Bruce Rose Jr. on February 6, 1962, in Lafayette, Indiana, is best known as the lead vocalist and co-founder of the iconic rock band Guns N’ Roses. Rose’s powerful voice and dynamic stage presence helped the band achieve massive success in the late 1980s and early 1990s, particularly with their debut album, “Appetite for Destruction,” which features hits like “Sweet Child o’ Mine” and “Welcome to the Jungle.” Growing up in a troubled household, Rose faced significant challenges, including a tumultuous childhood and early experiences with music that shaped his artistic vision. After moving to Los Angeles, he formed Guns N’ Roses in 1985, blending hard rock with punk and blues influences. The band quickly rose to fame, becoming one of the best-selling acts in history. Despite their success, Rose’s career has been marked by controversies and lineup changes. After a lengthy hiatus, he returned with a new incarnation of the band and released “Chinese Democracy” in 2008. Axl Rose remains a prominent figure in rock music, known for his distinctive style and lasting influence on the genre.
I think the pressure has also helped me want to rise above that pressure, and it has helped in accelerating the healing process. It’s helped give me a drive. I have a definite survival drive, and the pressure gave me a drive to get on top of it.
Author: Axl RoseLet sleeping dogs lie or lying dogs sleep or whatever. Time to move on. People get divorced. Life doesn’t owe you your own personal happy ending especially at another’s, or in this case several others’, expense.
Author: Axl RoseWe take it for granted we know the whole story – We judge a book by its cover and read what we want between selected lines.
Author: Axl RoseChinese Democracy’ wasn’t trying to tell China to have a democracy or anything like that. I don’t have an opinion on what kind of government they should have. My thing is, I went to stay there for about three months, and everywhere I went, the people are so shielded from what’s going on in the world.
Author: Axl RoseI write the vocals last, because I wanted to invent the music first and push the music to the level that I had to compete against it.
Author: Axl RoseSlash and I hadn’t talked in 19 years, and when we did talk, I was like, ‘You wrote a lot of stuff that didn’t even happen. It’s not real.’
Author: Axl RoseI sing in five or six different voices that are all part of me. It’s not contrived.
Author: Axl RoseNovember Rain is a song about not wanting to be in a state of having to deal with unrequited love.
Author: Axl RoseRegarding social media, I really don’t understand what appears to be the general population’s lack of concern over privacy issues in publicizing their entire lives on the Internet for others to see to such an extent… but hey it’s them, not me, so whatever.
Author: Axl RoseI wasn’t looking at it like, ‘I’m singing for AC/DC.’ I was looking at it like, ‘Y’know, if I can, and if they think I’m able to do it.
Author: Axl RoseIf I could find a real-life place that made me feel like Tiffany’s, then I’d buy some furniture and give the cat a name.
Author: Axl RoseThere was a much more self-destructive nature in ‘Appetite.’ It was a going-for-it-at-all-cost thing that worked then.
Author: Axl RoseYou know, a lot of people don’t have a good understanding of what rock ‘n’ roll is.
Author: Axl RoseQueen has always been my favorite band. Freddie is the greatest singer, ever, is the way I look at it. The other thing about Queen for me is they embraced so many different styles.
Author: Axl RoseI’m in California, and that usually leans Democratic, and that’s usually where I lean anyway… I would lean Democrat; I would lean Obama.
Author: Axl RoseWhat I’d tell any kid in high school is, ‘Take business classes.’ I don’t care what else you’re gonna do; if you’re gonna do art or anything, take business classes. You can say, ‘Well, I don’t want to get commercial,’ but if you do anything to make any money, you’re doing something commercial.
Author: Axl Rose