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When the record company pays you an advance, it is just that - an advance. And it's at worse rates than any bank would charge you to pay them back.
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I didn't have any work to do, and I had files of my personal and Guns N' Roses financial statements for the previous eight years. I wanted to learn how to read these, but I didn't trust anybody. I just got a lightbulb in my head and said, 'I want to go to school.' That began my journey, taking accountancy and business classes at Seattle.
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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.
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When you're in a band, it's a close-knit thing. There's a lot of emotional stuff.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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'Mr. Brownstone' is always a fun song to play because it's got that beat, and you see people bouncing.
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When you start a band, you have to find people that are good, have the same sort of mindset as you musically.
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Turn off the TV, turn off the Internet, just go out, and I bet you your life will get better really quick.
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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.
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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.
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Read books and keep informed. The conversation can get old if you don't have some good new topics to bring to the table.
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'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.
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You turn road-gay on the road. After about 10 days, the fellas in your band start looking really good.
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When I sing with Loaded, I can't move at all. I'm playing guitar, and I'm singing.
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Guns N' Roses is a weighty subject, but in the same breath, I don't take it that seriously.
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I made money in my 20s, became sober in my 30s, looked around, and didn't know who I could trust for money advice.
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'Chip Away' is somewhat of a rail against cable news and divisive agendas... all for the almighty dollar.
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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.
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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.
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I have mutual funds. I have a lot of individual stocks. I'm across the board, really well diversified.
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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.
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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.
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Going to talk to my little girl's teacher is a far cry from what people probably think I spend my time doing.
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My grandfather John came from Cork. I have six degrees of separation in Ireland.
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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.
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Our family is mixed. My oldest sister married a black man in 1962, which was way out there then.
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Attending Seattle Central was an awesome experience - it taught me a lot about discipline in a great way.
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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.
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I kind of feel bad that I don't know the names of the people in Girls Aloud!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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