Duff McKagan

I got to the point of insanity, but I also got out, but during the insane times, I felt invincible, and I felt creative and wonderful, too, but I was also hiding something.

Writing's another expression of art, really, that I'm just kind of discovering as I go.

It's a modern world we live in, with everything at our fingertips, and if it's not at our fingertips, you can dot-com anything.

I didn't have any work to do, and I had files of my personal and Guns N' Roses financial statements for the previous eight years. I wanted to learn how to read these, but I didn't trust anybody. I just got a lightbulb in my head and said, 'I want to go to school.' That began my journey, taking accountancy and business classes at Seattle.

I never had a personal beef with Axl, truth be told.