I'm colour blind, a little hue-challenged.

You never know what's around the corner.

There is definitely an art to the dance that is being in a band.

Back when I was single and Guns were on the 'Illusions' tour, chicks were, like, left and right. They were falling over themselves. And I saw the sadness in that. The first six months of that, it's like, 'Killer! Chicks are hot. They're into me.' And then you realize they're not really into you. They're into the guy they saw on the JumboTron.

I've never been one to just play safe music and think that's all there is to it.

I didn't start off as a bass player, and Guns was the first band I really, like, 'Oh, I'm gonna be a bass player. This is what I'm gonna do.' And I really dove into it head first.

The thing is that business and success, and how hard it is, doesn't look any different whether you're playing a gig at eleven o'clock at night or you're going to work at nine in the morning at a law firm.

Being from a big band is great because you can do other bands.

Words and titles can be used as dictums and guides for all of us. A certain word can suddenly snap us back to a good place. 'Rocker' works for me.

When I started going to business school, I started getting calls from my peers asking for my help. I thought, 'Well, there are a lot of people like me who make a bunch of money and just get so scared of it and don't know what to do with it.' I just didn't want to be 60 years old and broke.

I kind of feel bad that I don't know the names of the people in Girls Aloud!

That connectivity with the audience that I get to enjoy, that's my church. It's not one of ego or anything like, 'I'm on the stage and the lights.' It's just this connectivity, and it's always been that way for me.

Attending Seattle Central was an awesome experience - it taught me a lot about discipline in a great way.

Our family is mixed. My oldest sister married a black man in 1962, which was way out there then.

I think after 9/11, here in America, I saw something extraordinary. I saw neighbors looking after neighbors. I don't think anybody asked who anybody voted for. It was people taking care of other people.

My grandfather John came from Cork. I have six degrees of separation in Ireland.

Going to talk to my little girl's teacher is a far cry from what people probably think I spend my time doing.

I do love the term 'rocker.' The word itself imbues a ton of imagery and romance. But I don't think a rocker needs to have AC/DC and Metallica and the Black Keys rumbling through their car speakers speeding headlong into the night.

Not to name names, but a lot of pop female artists you see, they don't write their own songs. Lot of top male artists and boy band artists, they don't write their own songs. They're just a product. They sell, they sell, they sell. They don't care about musical integrity, any of that kind of stuff.

I don't shop.

I have mutual funds. I have a lot of individual stocks. I'm across the board, really well diversified.

I didn't graduate high school.

I got to the point of insanity, but I also got out, but during the insane times, I felt invincible, and I felt creative and wonderful, too, but I was also hiding something.

Being in a band is the best place I can think of to be as up-front as possible. If you let something stew, it'll grow into a mountain of nonsensical black mud in no time.

'Chip Away' is somewhat of a rail against cable news and divisive agendas... all for the almighty dollar.

I made money in my 20s, became sober in my 30s, looked around, and didn't know who I could trust for money advice.

Guns N' Roses is a weighty subject, but in the same breath, I don't take it that seriously.

When I sing with Loaded, I can't move at all. I'm playing guitar, and I'm singing.

I've never seen 'The Simpsons.'

I went to Seattle U. Nice Jesuit school there.

You turn road-gay on the road. After about 10 days, the fellas in your band start looking really good.

Being a rocker, to me, is equal to living as much of the truth as possible.

'The Taking' is the closest thing to a 'concept' record that I have ever been involved with. Pain, loss, triumph, and redemption. Life. Bring it.

Read books and keep informed. The conversation can get old if you don't have some good new topics to bring to the table.

Left to my own devices, I tend to go darker and weirder, and it's fun.

Lemmy Kilmeister is most certainly a rocker.

People in Seattle - and I'm speaking from experience - are indoors more. It used to just rain a ton, and as a result, you'd be inside listening to music all the time and playing. You'd all rehearse at each other's houses and share ideas. There was no competition. When I got to L.A., I was really stunned by the competition.

If you don't have a good rhythm section, your band is toast; you're a bar band. Good rhythm section, you've got a chance to get out of the bar.

Turn off the TV, turn off the Internet, just go out, and I bet you your life will get better really quick.

When you start a band, you have to find people that are good, have the same sort of mindset as you musically.

Whenever Boston comes on, I play air guitar.

I don't know if I have a favorite song.

'Mr. Brownstone' is always a fun song to play because it's got that beat, and you see people bouncing.

When you're in a band, a marriage - whatever, it's kind of the same deal - there's a lot of things that you see, and people trust you with information about their lives. Call it a 'bro code' or whatever you wanna call it, but there are certain things you do not tell. At least, I don't.

It's funny: when I started playing bass in 1984, you had guys like Paul Simonon fron the Clash, John Paul Jones, Lemmy, and Nikki Sixx was the head guy in Motley Crue, and you had all this post-punk stuff like Magazine and Killing Joke where the bass sort of lead the way. Not that I picked it to sort of be a main dude, but it intrigued me.

You become friends with your kids' friends' parents. That's just the way it's gonna be. And sometimes you luck out, and it's great.

I can only write from a man's viewpoint.

When you're in a band, it's a close-knit thing. There's a lot of emotional stuff.

I think you can tell stories and give perspectives and yet still keep stuff for yourself, too. I keep a lot of my life private, even in a public forum like writing.

I went to business school in my thirties.