"After the show, Axl Rose called me over to his table and told me that I fucking rocked! Man, that was such an honor. I was shaking like a 12 year old girl."

"The day the check cleared I took 4 or 5 friends out to the Rainbow and dropped maybe a grand on pizza, lobster, champagne and a bunch of booze. The rest my old girlfriend blew on her other boyfriend while I was on tour." Todd Chaisson on his first big payday

"Playing with Warrant and House of Lords at Universal was the worst. Gave us about a foot of stage to play on and no sound check and were dicks backstage."

"One night Gene took Shannon Tweed and I out to dinner to a very nice Thai restaurant over looking Central Park. Shannon and I had never had Thai food before and didn’t know what we would like. So Gene ordered one of everything on the menu."

"Don’t smoke crack: This stuff, while maybe getting you off for a few moments, really wreaks havoc on those around you. Enough said on that." Duff McKagan

"As much as I love the guy Micheal Schenker can be the sweetest guy or go completely insane, he knows it and is working on that."