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" What I did with Slash and the Conspirators was a very different kind of music. Genre-wise, it is a step in a different direction. "

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" I'm not a mixer. That's not what I do. I'm a songwriter, a singer, and a guitar player. You might have some ideas here and there, but you let the mixer mix the song because, overall, you've gotta trust their instincts. "

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