Duff McKagan

I went to Seattle U. Nice Jesuit school there.

— Duff McKagan

Music was going to be my thing. Was I going to make a living at it? That was kind of a joke.…

— Duff McKagan

I'm colour blind, a little hue-challenged.

— Duff McKagan

Three weeks into being in Hollywood, I was playing with Slash through an ad in the paper.

— Duff McKagan

“On Christmas Day, 1989, I gave Mandy the Halliburton luggage Aerosmith had given me and asked her to get out. I was…

— Duff McKagan

I do love the term 'rocker.' The word itself imbues a ton of imagery and romance. But I don't think a rocker…

— Duff McKagan

Playing with Iggy pulled me back in for a while and reminded me of what I love about music.

— Duff McKagan

Being from a big band is great because you can do other bands.

— Duff McKagan

It's funny: when I started playing bass in 1984, you had guys like Paul Simonon fron the Clash, John Paul Jones, Lemmy,…

— Duff McKagan

Is the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame that important to me? No. Is it something I've aspired towards? No.

— Duff McKagan

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

“we ended up closing the show with the cover song we had tried during sound check that afternoon, “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door.”

— Duff McKagan

I've never seen 'The Simpsons.'

— Duff McKagan

'The Taking' is the closest thing to a 'concept' record that I have ever been involved with. Pain, loss, triumph, and redemption.…

— Duff McKagan

Turn off the TV, turn off the Internet, just go out, and I bet you your life will get better really quick.

— Duff McKagan

“It was a want ad for a band seeking a bass player. The name to call was Slash. With”

— Duff McKagan

Not to name names, but a lot of pop female artists you see, they don't write their own songs. Lot of top…

— Duff McKagan

You become friends with your kids' friends' parents. That's just the way it's gonna be. And sometimes you luck out, and it's…

— Duff McKagan

I saw some really amazing stuff with Axl. We worked really well together. We were good friends. And I hope to perhaps…

— Duff McKagan

“It happens in a flash, life does. Only the ever-deepening lines on my face tell me that I have been alive for…

— Duff McKagan

Everybody in Seattle thought I was the chosen one, musically wise. You know, if anyone was going to make it, it was…

— Duff McKagan

Playing in (the Neurotic Outsiders) with John Taylor was great. A lot of pussy every time we played a gig. So many…

— Duff McKagan

I read Slash's book because we were on the road together with Velvet Revolver when that came out.

— Duff McKagan

Left to my own devices, I tend to go darker and weirder, and it's fun.

— Duff McKagan

“In 1988, MTV aired a concert in which Axl introduced me—as usual—as Duff “the King of Beers” McKagan. Soon”

— Duff McKagan