Slash
Slash
Rose to fame as the lead guitarist of the Los Angeles-based hard rock band Guns N' Roses. His guitar prowess is best exemplified on such tracks as "Sweet Child o' Mine," "Paradise City" and "November Rain."
NationalityBritish
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth23 July 1965
CityHampstead, England
dinner hendrix hanging-out
If I could hang out with Jimi Hendrix, it wouldn't be over dinner.
jeans leather-pants forgiving
That's a wonderful side effect of leather pants: when you pee yourself in them, they're more forgiving than jeans.
vocabulary language failing
Notes and chords have become my second language and, more often than not, that vocabulary expresses what I feel when language fails me.
player guitar half
I just play, just you know, If i just sit down with the guitar and just do whatever for, you know, an half an hour or an hour whatever. That's pretty much, that should do it for me.
views voice perspective
Experiencing yourself out of context, divorced from your usual point of view, skews your perspective – it’s like hearing your voice on an answering machine. It’s almost like meeting a stranger; or discovering a talent you never knew you had.
unique ideas guitar
Directing is like guitar playing. That's a unique mind-set and talent, unto itself. I like the idea of putting everything together to make a great movie.
destiny thinking deserve-you
You can't wait around for destiny to give you what you think you deserve, you have to earn it, even if you think you've paid your dues.
want attention draws
I never want to draw attention to myself, but that's all I do.
guitar two musician
I had no aspirations to be a musician, but I picked up a guitar for two seconds and haven't put it down since.
kids dig-deep wanted
If you were a kid and you wanted to come out and make a statement now, you'd have to really dig deep to find something that no one has exposed already.
views able sake
That's always stuck with me, with music. I've never really gotten jaded about it. I've always loved music for the sake of doing it, and the longer I do it, the more I like it. Hopefully, I'll be able to have that same point of view in this business, or at least with doing this.
music mark majors
I love classical music. It has left a major mark on my playing.
player
It's not so much about how good a player you are, its how cool you are.
music explosions stifling
Whenever society gets too stifling and the rules too complex, there's some sort of musical explosion.