Duff McKagan Quotes

We toured with Deep Purple a number of times.

I was in a band called the SteelDrivers, and we just played hard in vans, hopping on airplanes, not knowing where you're at.

I think we all appreciate it now just how lucky we are to be in a band like Judas Priest.

I like the guys in Cheap Trick. I like playing in it and the music we do.

The Monkees? I heard that they were quite into their party scene at one point.

I think it'd be fun to tour with Kiss just because Kiss is the reason I got into playing in a band.

I can't wait to get out. It's been much too long, I don't like being home. I'd rather play. This tour is going to be really big. We're gonna have the biggest show we can have. It's gonna be different not like the old KISS shows.

When I play with my band around the U.S.A., the most requested song is 'Peace Frog.'

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

The only thing I want to be satisfied in life is to do one reunion tour with Guns N' Roses. I would like to finish what I started with them.

The Black Keys is just a band that wants to get on stage and rock it.

I wouldn't mind being the lead guitarist in an incredibly successful rock band. However, I don't play the guitar.

When I was young, I wanted to do something more low-key, like become a drummer in a rock band.

My dream has been to have my rock band behind me, play live, and entertain.

The thing is that I've known the guys from Motley Crue longer than just about everybody.

I always looked up to Slash from Guns N' Roses, and I always pictured myself being a rock star and playing the guitar, just going crazy.

It was a nightmare. The band had to tour Greenland by bus.

I just had lunch with Slash two days ago. He loves Axl. He holds no grudges towards him. Twenty years of great music wasn't created because of some stupid grudge. That's a shame.

Also I played on a lot of demos in the early days of the Stones.

I love the fact we're still on the road. I was born to be a factory worker really, so for me the chance to get on stage at Wembley 30 years after we started is amazing.

We did like 12 shows, then we did the entire Ozzfest with the first half completely booked; then we did the second half with a couple days off here and there.

In the Chili Peppers I'm a part of that world in a pretty big world and that's just the way it is.

If you really want to annoy me, ask me when I'm going to retire from rock n' roll.

I've done the Rolling Stones eating each other.

Shortly after that, we got management problems over in England, and Judas Priest asked me to join.