10 Quotes By Slash: A True RocknRoll Guitarist
Saul Hudson who is famously known as Slash celebrates his 55th birthday today! Being one of the greatest guitarist in rock and roll history, he has made a huge name for himself. He started his career in 1993 and he’s not stopped since then. Not only he’s known for his guitar solos but also for being a huge pioneer for the band, Guns N’ Roses.
The British-American singer-songwriter, Slash has released four albums in total, “Apocalyptic Love”, “World On Fire”, “Living the Dream” and an self titled album. From being part of the ten best electric guitarists to being at the No.1 for his solo for ‘Sweet Child o’ Mine‘ on ‘The 100 Greatest Riffs’, he’s big.
There is no denying that Slash has earned a ton of exposure throughout his music career. His words of wisdom make us feel like we know the legend just a little more. So, here are the ten times his words impressed us a tad bit more than his guitar solos.
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1. “If it had been any different, if I had been born just one minute later, or been in the wrong pace at the right time or vice versa, the life that I’ve lived and come to love would not exist. And that is a situation that I would not want to consider in the slightest.”
2. “Directing is like guitar playing. That’s a unique mind-set and talent, unto itself. I like the idea of putting everything together to make a great movie.”
3. “Restlessness is a fickle catalyst; it can drive you to achieve or it can coax your demise, and sometimes the choice isn’t yours”
4. “Guitars are like women. You’ll never get them totally right.”
5. “Being a rockstar is the intersection of who you are and who you want to be.”
6. “That’s always stuck with me, with music. I’ve never really gotten jaded about it. I’ve always loved music for the sake of doing it, and the longer I do it, the more I like it. Hopefully, I’ll be able to have that same point of view in this business, or at least with doing this.”
7. “I don’t think there’s anything better than hearing your favorite band live.”
8. “I had no aspirations to be a musician, but I picked up a guitar for two seconds and haven’t put it down since.”
9. “Notes and chords have become my second language and, more often than not, that vocabulary expresses what I feel when language fails me.”
10. “Guitar is the best form of self-expression I know. Everything else, and I’m just sort of tripping around, trying to figure my way through life.”
By: Aatira Kakroo
