As we all came to find out, back then and again and again, the worst thing that ever befell this band was having nothing to do and some money to spen… - Slash

If it had been any different, if I had been born just one minute later, or been in the wrong pace at the right time or vice versa, the life that I've lived and come to love would not exist. And that is a situation that I would not want to consider in the slightest.

On smack, I was cool and confident, so collaborating was easy.

I think that anyone who is a true junkie has an innate kinship with other junkies. Somehow I knew that we shared mutual interests; that addiction speaks to you. Without knowing it, you’re attracted to them.