It doesn't matter how many times you tell me you still think of me
It doesn't matter how many times you tell me you miss me.
It doesn't matter how many times you say you're sorry.
After all...
You're not mine
.R.
"Like some Anne Rice vampire, it was always late at night when he called, always dark out there whenever you ran into him. You got the feeling he hardly ever saw daylight, didn't approve of it. On a completely different schedule to everyone else, always sleeping until four or five in the afternoon, these late night rendezvous had the incongruous effect of making you feel as though he was always a little bit more awake than you, or indeed anyone else around him. Not that it made him smarter or more fun to be with - just that it ensured things tended to be done on his terms, whether they be long, complicated meetings or simple phone conversations. Even an accidental collision on the street didn't seem to catch him off-guard. It was as thought he just expected strange things to happen to him - all the time.
As far as Axl was concerned, you were either for him or against him. There was no middle-grown allowed. And therein lies a great deal of the problem with being Axl Rose. Here was a young guy from nowhere, arriving with a talent so effusive the impact he would make on the world was almost immediate. A young guy who appeared to be on his way to becoming the most significant, certainly the most successful, rock artist of his generation. And yet he often seemed willing to throw it all away. (...) He seemed intelligent, approachable, a little over-serious perhaps, but then maybe that's what happened when you were the leader of a gang of party animals like Guns N' Roses. (...) Axl Rose remains one of the most intriguing rock stars. (...) His personality appears to combine love and hate in such a way as to allow moments of fury, distrust and stubborn pride to co-exist, apparently without incongruity, with the thoughtful, generous feelings he shows to those few who have remained loyal to him and his cause, no matter what. (...) The story of W. Axl Rose remains a complete mystery to most people, even his most ardent fans.