A biography for Steven Adlerhasn’t been written yet.
“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.”
“I always knew that we were going to be successful and accomplish and succeed at our dreams. There was never a doubt in my mind. When we were recording 'Appetite For Destruction', we all knew.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“In every language you can imagine, I've had people say 'Appetite For Destruction' is the soundtrack to their lives. I don't think you could say something nicer to an entertainer or performer - can't get more respectful.”
“I used to wake up in the morning and say, 'Oh, God.' Now I wake up in the morning and look forward to life.”
“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.”
“You can have all the riches and success in the world, but if you don't have your health, you have nothing.”
“Part of recovery is relapse. I dust myself off and move forward again.”
“One thing about Texas people, they're very passionate about their Rock N' Roll, and I love it.”
“It's hard to find five musicians who know what the other is going to do before they do it. And that's what we had in GN'R.”
“I look in the mirror and see a few scars, but I like myself.”
“I originally wanted to go into sports, but my first concert was KISS at the shooting of 'KISS Meets The Phantom Of The Park.' The minute I saw Gene and Paul... it was all over. I knew that's what I wanted to do.”
“Loud is a way of life.”
“We owe it to the fans to do a tour around the world.”
“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.”