“I found my home in Country music in ’74, through the encouragement of my dear friend Waylon Jennings. He encouraged me to go into Country music. So, it took me a while to figure out what kind of a singer, whether it be Rock ‘n’ Roll or Country, but I figured it out in ’74.”

“By the time 1987 rolled around, the Sunset Strip was absolutely crazy. Fu@!ing madness. One day, I watched Bobby Dall from Poison beat the sh@t out of this guy with a steal pipe”

“As for Guns N’ Roses, I don’t think there’s ever a chance of a reunion.”

“Lyrically I like to use themes that make the listener use his or her imagination, and to give a little of the lessons I’ve learned in my own life.”

“Do excellent work for Christ. So that’s my heart. It’s always been. And I want to be the best I can be. I want to make a difference in my generation.”

“I know Mick Jagger wouldn’t tour without Keith Richards and call it the Rolling Stones.”

“As long as my face is on page one, I don’t care what they say about me on page seventeen.”

“We can’t do it on our own. I can’t do it on my own, and that’s why I’ve devoted my life to serving God, or at least trying to. I need Him.”

“It really boils down to that, it’s about the song. Look at the Rolling Stones, do you really think any of those guys were out there being some great virtuoso? No, but they wrote great songs.”

“The thing you have to be prepared for is that other people don’t always dream your dream.”

“I was gonna write songs, I was gonna be a star and a singer and I never thought of doing anything else.”

“The only technical things I know are treble, volume and reverb, that’s all.”

“You always fall for the rascal or the guy who’s got a little bit of the devil in him. You can’t help it.”

“I am just the classic person who wants to learn stuff. I want good tutors, and with Kurt I had the best.”

“Most frontmen are not born hams like David Lee Roth. We’re more like Joey Ramone: awkward geeks who somehow find our place in the world on the stage.”

“There are times when I flick through magazines and think I’m in danger of becoming a prisoner of my own hair.”

“I’ve never had a message for anyone in my entire life. Except maybe to give out my room number.”