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" I originally wanted to go into sports, but my first concert was KISS at the shooting of 'KISS Meets The Phantom Of The Park.' The minute I saw Gene and Paul... it was all over. I knew that's what I wanted to do. "

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" Drummers are conductors - we set the pace for the music - so if you're not relaxed and feeling right, the whole thing goes out the window. "

Steven Adler

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Feeling

Music

" My health is wonderful. I work out. I'm working. Playing music. I have a beautiful wife, a nice home, a nice car, I got money in the bank. I got three beautiful dogs that love me. Like I said, I'm blessed. I survived. "

" Loud is a way of life. "

" It's only rock and roll, my god! It's not rocket science. "

" You figure that time could heal all wounds, but some people just really hold a crazy grudge. "

" I'm very influenced by jazz drummers. I always liked drummers like Roger Taylor, Keith Moon, Ian Paice, John Densmore. I just learned from playing to those drummers. "

" The golden rule of drums is hands clapping and feet tapping, and when you are in and out of consciousness, you can't do that to best of your ability. "

" I want to be in the big show, and to be in the big show, you have to practice. I have this attitude now that I'm going to take all the greatness I can. Nothing's going to stop me. "

Steven Adler

Greatness

Attitude

" I'm not gonna be a slave. I'm a rock n' roller. "

" The real shame about the ending of the Guns N' Roses when I got kicked out wasn't just that I got kicked out, but Slash and Axl stopped working together. "

" I've been blessed. I grew up and played and worked and created with the Freddie Mercury, the Jimi Hendrix, the Keith Richards, the John Paul Jones of my generation. "

Steven Adler

Been

Generation

" I used to wake up in the morning and say, 'Oh, God.' Now I wake up in the morning and look forward to life. "

" Every 15, 20, 25 years, a new rock and roll record needs to come out and a new rock and roll band needs to come out. "

" If the Police could do a reunion... One of the biggest jerks I ever met was Sting. If he can do it, then anyone can do it. It's not that big a deal. And the Eagles! They did it! They severely hated each other. It's just rock and roll. "

" GN'R was five guys who were all into different things. I liked pop and disco, Izzy was into New York rock, Slash loved Aerosmith and Led Zeppelin, Axl was into Genesis and Elton John, and Duff was a punk rocker. We all blended that stuff together. "

" You gotta pick yourself up. Sometimes you just gotta do it over and over, but you gotta do it. You can't give up. I wouldn't give up. I didn't give up - or doubt myself - in becoming a successful musician with a successful band. "

" If it wasn't for KISS, there would be no Guns N' Roses. Bands like that made Guns N' Roses. We were five guys with five personalities and five different influences. The stars were aligned for us. "

" Don't try to follow any trends, just concentrate on writing great songs and knowing your instrument. All the other stuff will fall into place. "

" I always knew that we were going to be successful and accomplish and succeed at our dreams. There was never a doubt in my mind. When we were recording 'Appetite For Destruction', we all knew. "

" Part of recovery is relapse. I dust myself off and move forward again. "

" People fight, they get angry, they do drugs, and they do crazy things. "

" You can have all the riches and success in the world, but if you don't have your health, you have nothing. "

" When I was growing up, you would put on a KISS record or a UFO or Aerosmith record and listen to it from the first song through the last song. It's been so long since a band has put out a record like that. "

" We owe it to the fans to do a tour around the world. "

" Every musician, their goal in life is to play music that people love, and I've accomplished my goal. I was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and left that chapter of my life and those people in the past. Good and bad, I've loved and am thankful for that chapter. "

" The only thing I want to be satisfied in life is to do one reunion tour with Guns N' Roses. I would like to finish what I started with them. "

" Nothing is cooler and more attractive than a big comeback, and that'll be me. "

Steven Adler

Cool

" One thing about Texas people, they're very passionate about their Rock N' Roll, and I love it. "

" I thank God, Jesus, and my Grandmother for being able to support myself and my family. "

" I have to say, the coolest person I ever met in my whole life is John Mellencamp. I never met a person who was more secure about himself and his person. "

Steven Adler

Life

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