The success used to be weird, but now it's been three years so we're used to it.

We're from the even more religious area, Utah Valley, and [I] remember as I grew up parents would move their kids aside when I would walk by.

Everything means a lot to him. Lyrically, it's very personal to him. I think he's more open now than he has been in the past.

Contrary to allegations in the lawsuit, Axl has never denied that others made substantial contributions towards the success of Guns N' Roses, but there is little doubt as to who was the creative catalyst behind the group's success.

Failure has its successes.

That's what college is for - getting as many bad decisions as possible out of the way before you're forced into the real world. I keep a checklist of 'em on the wall in my room.