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Duff McKagan
American
Musician
Born:
Feb 5
,
1964
Band
Good
Life
Me
People
You
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I didn't graduate high school.
Duff McKagan
School
High
High School
Graduate
'Chip Away' is somewhat of a rail against cable news and divisive agendas... all for the almighty dollar.
Duff McKagan
News
Somewhat
Cable
Divisive
Almighty
Dollar
Against
Chip
Agendas
Rail
Away
I just don't like reality TV.
Duff McKagan
Reality
TV
Like
Just
Reality TV
I had a column for the 'Seattle Weekly' for five years, and there was one column that was called 'How To Be A Man,' and it was kind of tongue in cheek; it was really tongue in cheek. And I got a book deal from that column.
Duff McKagan
Man
Book
Kind
Be A Man
Weekly
Had
Column
Cheek
Deal
Got
How
Years
Five
Really
Seattle
Tongue
Tongue-In-Cheek
When I started going to business school, I started getting calls from my peers asking for my help. I thought, 'Well, there are a lot of people like me who make a bunch of money and just get so scared of it and don't know what to do with it.' I just didn't want to be 60 years old and broke.
Duff McKagan
Me
Business
People
Money
School
Old
Thought
Peers
Broke
Scared
Like
Know
Well
Make
Calls
Years
Lot
Bunch
Get
Getting
Going
Just
Want
Asking
Business School
Help
Who
Started
When you know you have a good song, when you're onstage, even if it's just a weird, basic energy, you know your song is good.
Duff McKagan
Good
You
Song
Energy
Good Song
Onstage
Weird
Know
Just
Your
Even
Basic
Sometimes, when you get into a record, it's like writing a book, and you get so far inside the story you can't tell anymore if it's gonna be good to an outside listener.
Duff McKagan
Good
You
Book
Writing
Sometimes
Tell
Inside
Record
Outside
Like
Get
Listener
Anymore
Story
Gonna
Far
Everybody in Seattle thought I was the chosen one, musically wise. You know, if anyone was going to make it, it was going to be that guy.
Duff McKagan
You
Wise
Thought
Everybody
Musically
Guy
Know
Make
Going
Anyone
Chosen
Seattle
We wrote the songs we wrote - we took from our own experiences, melded it together, and wrote what became 'Appetite For Destruction.'
Duff McKagan
Together
Destruction
Own
Took
Our
Songs
Wrote
Became
Experiences
Appetite
Axl did sometimes have volatile actions, but I knew that guy as a whole - all the good stuff, too.
Duff McKagan
Good
Sometimes
Too
Guy
Volatile
Knew
Stuff
Did
Whole
Actions
I kind of feel bad that I don't know the names of the people in Girls Aloud!
Duff McKagan
People
Girl
Kind
Bad
Feel
Names
Aloud
Know
'The Taking' is the closest thing to a 'concept' record that I have ever been involved with. Pain, loss, triumph, and redemption. Life. Bring it.
Duff McKagan
Life
Pain
Record
Triumph
Taking
Concept
Involved
Redemption
Been
Loss
Closest
Closest Thing
Ever
Thing
Bring
You turn road-gay on the road. After about 10 days, the fellas in your band start looking really good.
Duff McKagan
Good
You
Looking
Band
About
Road
Days
After
Turn
Really
Your
Start
I do love the term 'rocker.' The word itself imbues a ton of imagery and romance. But I don't think a rocker needs to have AC/DC and Metallica and the Black Keys rumbling through their car speakers speeding headlong into the night.
Duff McKagan
Love
Needs
Word
Car
Black
Think
Speeding
Keys
Through
Term
Headlong
Metallica
Rocker
Itself
Romance
Speakers
Ton
Imagery
Night
Being from a big band is great because you can do other bands.
Duff McKagan
Great
You
Big
Band
Other
Big Band
Because
Bands
Being
The thing is that business and success, and how hard it is, doesn't look any different whether you're playing a gig at eleven o'clock at night or you're going to work at nine in the morning at a law firm.
Duff McKagan
Success
Work
Morning
You
Business
Law
Nine
Gig
Law Firm
Firm
Look
How
Any
Going
Different
Whether
Hard
Eleven
Thing
Playing
Night
There is definitely an art to the dance that is being in a band.
Duff McKagan
Art
Dance
Band
Definitely
Being
Being in a band is the best place I can think of to be as up-front as possible. If you let something stew, it'll grow into a mountain of nonsensical black mud in no time.
Duff McKagan
Time
Best
You
Black
Band
Think
Possible
Something
No Time
Stew
Nonsensical
Mountain
Being
Place
Mud
Grow
Read books and keep informed. The conversation can get old if you don't have some good new topics to bring to the table.
Duff McKagan
Good
You
Conversation
Old
Books
Topics
Table
Some
New
Read
Get
Informed
Keep
Bring
Attending Seattle Central was an awesome experience - it taught me a lot about discipline in a great way.
Duff McKagan
Great
Me
Experience
Discipline
Awesome
Way
About
Attending
Great Way
Lot
Taught
Central
Seattle
I have mutual funds. I have a lot of individual stocks. I'm across the board, really well diversified.
Duff McKagan
Mutual Funds
Mutual
Diversified
Individual
Well
Lot
Stocks
Board
Really
Across
Funds
I got to the point of insanity, but I also got out, but during the insane times, I felt invincible, and I felt creative and wonderful, too, but I was also hiding something.
Duff McKagan
Creative
Wonderful
Insanity
Too
Insane
Hiding
Out
Something
Point
Invincible
Also
Felt
Got
Times
I think after 9/11, here in America, I saw something extraordinary. I saw neighbors looking after neighbors. I don't think anybody asked who anybody voted for. It was people taking care of other people.
Duff McKagan
People
Care
Looking
Think
Other
Extraordinary
Saw
Neighbors
Something
Taking
Voted
America
Anybody
After
Asked
Who
Here
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