“It was a want ad for a band seeking a bass player. The name to call was Slash. With” — Duff McKagan Copy Share Image
Any musician in any band - for a really good band - you know your part in the band. — Duff McKagan Copy Share Image
When you start a band, you have to find people that are good, have the same sort of mindset as you musically. — Duff McKagan Copy Share Image
When you're in a band, it's a close-knit thing. There's a lot of emotional stuff. — Duff McKagan Copy Share Image
Being in a band is the best place I can think of to be as up-front as possible. If you let something… — Duff McKagan Copy Share Image
If you don't have a good rhythm section, your band is toast; you're a bar band. Good rhythm section, you've got a… — Duff McKagan Copy Share Image
I didn't start off as a bass player, and Guns was the first band I really, like, 'Oh, I'm gonna be a… — Duff McKagan Copy Share Image
I'm down to Earth, a lover of music, making music and making love. I love to make people happy and I think… — Duff McKagan Copy Share Image
When you're a musician, you are around your peers a lot, like Slipknot and Alice In Chains... you name the band. We're… — Duff McKagan Copy Share Image
“On March 31, 1994, I went to LAX to catch a flight from L.A. to Seattle. Kurt Cobain was waiting to take the same… — Duff McKagan Copy Share Image
I think after 9/11, here in America, I saw something extraordinary. I saw neighbors looking after neighbors. I don't think anybody asked who anybody… — Duff McKagan Copy Share Image
'Chip Away' is somewhat of a rail against cable news and divisive agendas... all for the almighty dollar. — Duff McKagan Copy Share Image
“Eventually we found ourselves in the middle of an onion field. When you’re hungry and don’t know where and when your next meal is… — Duff McKagan Copy Share Image
“I guess we can all look back and see things in our lives that we could or should have done differently—and better—and” — Duff McKagan Copy Share Image
Words and titles can be used as dictums and guides for all of us. A certain word can suddenly snap us back to a… — Duff McKagan Copy Share Image
“We called the result “Welcome to the Jungle.” We played the song live for the first time when we opened a show at the… — Duff McKagan Copy Share Image
“a couple years prior we were hitchhiking to a gig with no gear. Now we were on a fucking tour bus. We could eat… — Duff McKagan Copy Share Image
“Far fewer people know that Slash is also a world-class Russian crouch-down-and-kick-your-legs-out dancer. And” — Duff McKagan Copy Share Image
I think you can tell stories and give perspectives and yet still keep stuff for yourself, too. I keep a lot of my life… — Duff McKagan Copy Share Image
“At the end of the European leg, our lead guitar player pulled a knife on our bus driver in England. I” — Duff McKagan Copy Share Image
If you don't have a good rhythm section, your band is toast; you're a bar band. Good rhythm section, you've got a chance to… — Duff McKagan Copy Share Image
