Steven Adler

Every 15, 20, 25 years, a new rock and roll record needs to come out and a new rock and roll band needs to come out.

Loud is a way of life.

There are so many Al Anon fans and friends who have shown me wonderful love, prayers, thoughts! I thank everyone for this. It feels great to have wonderful people behind you, pushing and praying for you. Mostly, I don't want to let myself down, but they encourage me not to let them down.

I just got tired of being sick and tired and feeling down. Unfortunately, you don't realize this until you're getting sober but the reason why you're depressed all the time is it's the drugs that are depressing you.

I'm not gonna be a slave. I'm a rock n' roller.

I used to wake up in the morning and say, 'Oh, God.' Now I wake up in the morning and look forward to life.

Every musician, their goal in life is to play music that people love, and I've accomplished my goal. I was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and left that chapter of my life and those people in the past. Good and bad, I've loved and am thankful for that chapter.

My health is wonderful. I work out. I'm working. Playing music. I have a beautiful wife, a nice home, a nice car, I got money in the bank. I got three beautiful dogs that love me. Like I said, I'm blessed. I survived.

If the Police could do a reunion... One of the biggest jerks I ever met was Sting. If he can do it, then anyone can do it. It's not that big a deal. And the Eagles! They did it! They severely hated each other. It's just rock and roll.

I'm very influenced by jazz drummers. I always liked drummers like Roger Taylor, Keith Moon, Ian Paice, John Densmore. I just learned from playing to those drummers.

I look in the mirror and see a few scars, but I like myself.

When I was growing up, you would put on a KISS record or a UFO or Aerosmith record and listen to it from the first song through the last song. It's been so long since a band has put out a record like that.

You figure that time could heal all wounds, but some people just really hold a crazy grudge.

Nothing is cooler and more attractive than a big comeback, and that'll be me.

Part of recovery is relapse. I dust myself off and move forward again.

I just got tired of being sick and tired and feeling down. Unfortunately you dont realize this until youre getting sober but the reason why youre depressed all the time is its the drugs that are depressing you.

You gotta pick yourself up. Sometimes you just gotta do it over and over, but you gotta do it. You can't give up. I wouldn't give up. I didn't give up - or doubt myself - in becoming a successful musician with a successful band.

The real shame about the ending of the Guns N' Roses when I got kicked out wasn't just that I got kicked out, but Slash and Axl stopped working together.

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.

I want to be in the big show, and to be in the big show, you have to practice. I have this attitude now that I'm going to take all the greatness I can. Nothing's going to stop me.

If it wasn't for KISS, there would be no Guns N' Roses. Bands like that made Guns N' Roses. We were five guys with five personalities and five different influences. The stars were aligned for us.

Drummers are conductors we set the pace for the music so if youre not relaxed and feeling right the whole thing goes out the window.

People fight, they get angry, they do drugs, and they do crazy things.

Drummers are conductors - we set the pace for the music - so if you're not relaxed and feeling right, the whole thing goes out the window.

GN'R was five guys who were all into different things. I liked pop and disco, Izzy was into New York rock, Slash loved Aerosmith and Led Zeppelin, Axl was into Genesis and Elton John, and Duff was a punk rocker. We all blended that stuff together.

Don't try to follow any trends, just concentrate on writing great songs and knowing your instrument. All the other stuff will fall into place.

You figure that time could heal all wounds but some people just really hold a crazy grudge.

The golden rule of drums is hands clapping and feet tapping and when you are in and out of consciousness you cant do that to best of your ability.

It's only rock and roll, my god! It's not rocket science.

I thank God, Jesus, and my Grandmother for being able to support myself and my family.