Axl and I came from completely different backgrounds. Because of that we made an interesting pair trying to figure each other out. - Slash

I was the end of an era; we were no longer scrappy with nothing to lose: now we were scrappy with corporate backing.

No one expects the rug to be yanked out from underneath them; life-changing events usually don’t announce themselves. While instinct and intuition can help provide some warning signs, they can do little to prepare you for the feeling of rootlessness that follows when fate flips your world upside down. Anger, confusion, sadness, and frustration are shaken up together inside you like a snow globe. It takes years for the emotional dust to settle as you do your best to see through the storm.

When we weren't being transcendent we specialized in self-inflicted disaster.