Slash [2007] - Slash

"We were a gang of heathens who thought we knew everything but in reality we knew nothing."

If you are fascinated with the brilliance, self-destructiveness and total insanity that defined Guns N' Roses, then you must check out Slash's autobiography. Slash tells it like it is—he doesn't give a shit. It's all here: heroin addiction, strippers, the recording of Appetite for Destruction, concert riots, the overdoses and the many, many feuds with lead singer Axl Rose! This is simply one of the best rock autobiographies of all time . . .

The Quotable Slash

"These were the type of any-band-anytime equal-opportunity groupies that were down to fuck everyone all the time."

"Guns was a band that might break apart at any second; that was half of the excitement."

"The act of shooting up always turned me on."

"I couldn't deny the fact that kicking Steven [Adler] out of Guns N' Roses for drug abuse was kind of ridiculous and excessively harsh."

"Our chemistry onstage was beautiful despite the drama within the band."

"It was all about Axl wanting control to the point that the rest of us were strangled."

"You can't wait around for destiny to give you what you think you deserve, you have to earn it, even if you think you've paid your dues. You might have achieved what you wanted, but are you sure you learned the lesson?"

"I live so much in the moment that I've never daydreamed about the future beyond tomorrow. I've never related to those people who plan their lives five years down the line. As much as those types think they have control over their reality, I beg to disagree, because how much can anyone 'plan' what is going to happen to them beyond the next twenty-four hours? Its not that I don't care what happens five years from now, it's just that the next twenty-four hours is the stepping-stone to getting there."