Rock music is about exploring. As a musician, it's something you should always do. Imagine if, just because I was in Guns and Roses, I had said to myself: "I'm only going to be in a hard rock band." But I didn't. I explored. Playing with Nancy Sinatra for example. It's music I would have never played but Nancy is the one of the first rock and roll women and I learned so much from her. And the same thing playing with Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart. Those girls can rock as hard as just about anyone I know.
When Ann Wilson sings Led Zeppelin, she sings it better than Robert Plant. To just close yourself off and say, "I don't want to explore different parts of myself in music," to me that's just not OK.

When I was starting out, I never got advice from anyone. But I took things in. Every time I watched a guitar player, I didn't watch him thinking, I'm better that that guy— I watched him going, oh my God that's great! Let me see what I can learn from that.

I think the Rockers could take a lot from that. Just observe. For instance, how come the guys in the House Band are so successful and have such great jobs? What are they doing? You really need to watch everything around you and take from it.

The Rockers need to remember that we're comparing them to people like Freddie Mercury and Steven Tyler and Roger Daltrey—true Rock Stars. We're talking about guys who are hugely successful on so many fronts, and really, that's the standard the Rockers should be comparing themselves to. --posted by Gilby