7 Quotes & Sayings By Slash

Slash is an American musician, singer, songwriter, producer, and occasional actor. He is best known as the lead guitarist of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses. Slash has released six solo albums. He has also made guest appearances on songs by other artists, including Ozzy Osbourne's "Mr Read more

Crowley", The Rolling Stones' "Angie", Lenny Kravitz's "American Woman", the Cameron Crowe film Almost Famous, Velvet Revolver's song "Slither", and Aerosmith's songs "Dream On" and "Love in an Elevator". Slash was ranked number twenty-four on Hit Parader's list of 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.

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Notes and chords have become my second language and, more often than not, that vocabulary expresses what I feel when language fails me. The guitar is my conscience, too - whenever I've lost my way, it's brought me back to center; whenever I forget, it reminds me why I'm here. Slash
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So when I got to be about 13 or 14, I started listening - even though my parents music was way cool - to contemporary hard rock at that time, which was Aerosmith, Cheap Trick, Black Sabbath, AC/DC, Ted Nugent and all that, and that's just where I came from. Slash
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Guitar is the best form of self-expression I know. Everything else, and I'm just sort of tripping around, trying to figure my way through life. Slash
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As for Guns N' Roses, I don't think there's ever a chance of a reunion. Slash
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You know, when you really connect with the instrument and everything just comes out on an emotional level very naturally through your playing. That's, you know, a great night. And I think the reason I love touring so much is you're chasing that high around all the time, trying to have another good night. Slash
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My dad is a huge rock and roll lead guitar fan. I didn't even really know that until recently. Everything has to have a guitar solo in it. Slash