Slash Quotes

Music is something that's always been a huge part of my life.

The only thing I'm really, truly good at is music - I just love it.

I give my heart in every single session I've done, and I get into the music. I love all kinds of music, and I try and really be as authentic as possible and give from my heart.

I still love playing music. It was all I ever wanted to do, and I got the chance to do it.

Music's always been a big part of my life.

Since I was three, music's been my life.

I loved music from earliest childhood - from as long as I can remember.

In order to get a note out, I have to dig deep, and I mean that on an emotional level. To physically sing, I have to get somewhere deep before I can do it.

As a musician, you just want to be able to do what you love.

To play the trumpet, you must train your lips for a long time. When I was twelve or thirteen I was a good player, but I lost the skill and now I play very badly. I do it every day even so. The reason is that I want to return to my childhood. For me, the trumpet is evidence of the sort of young man I was.

All my life I wanted to play music with love to every member of the audience.

Music is my thing. It's my thing; it's what I love. It's what I do. It's football to me; it's Christmas to me; religion to me; poetry to me.

Now, performing is second nature and I love every second of it. It is a very emotional thing when I can't play a song; maybe I'm hitting on something that I don't want to deal with. All of it is so personal. It is like therapy.

There's nothing better than live music. It's raw energy, and raw energy feeds the soul.

I've always been in music. I started out in music, and I will continue to do music.

The only love affair I have ever had was with music.

I write music because I love it. Sometimes more than anything in the world.

I don't have favourites, I think, when you play, you have to be like a prostitute, you have to love the piece you are playing. Even if you don't like it, you have to play it as if you would like it. Then you are a good interpreter.

From an early age, I was infatuated with music. I always loved it and was always dancing or playing something.

Music was what bothered me, what interested me.

Nobody could understand why a guy would love his guitar, then all of a sudden turn around and try to destroy it. Jimi was just different.

I was in punk rock bands, heavy metal bands, world music bands, jazz groups, any type of music that would take me. I just love music.

I do love the musical form, although it's often disappointing.

Music has always been close to my heart.

Music was my first love, but it was difficult for me. It's something that I really love, but I didn't feel that I was so good at it. I can sing well, but I'm not a great singer. When I sing, I don't feel I'm expressing all the emotions.