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. Duff McKagan Read Quote
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. Duff McKagan Read Quote
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. Duff McKagan Read Quote
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. Duff McKagan Read Quote
Going to talk to my little girl’s teacher is a far cry from what people probably think I spend my time doing. Duff McKagan Read Quote
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. Duff McKagan Read Quote
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. Duff McKagan Read Quote
