GUNS N' ROSES frontman Axl Rose spoke to a Rolling Stone reporter at KORN's tour announcement bash at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in the early hours of Saturday morning (Jan. 14). The following are several excerpts from the article, which can be read in its entirety at RollingStone.com:

On the long-awaited new GUNS N' ROSES album "Chinese Democracy":

"It's a very complex record. I'm trying to do something different. Some of the arrangements are kind of like QUEEN. Some people are going to say, 'It doesn't sound like Axl Rose, it doesn't sound like GUNS N' ROSES.' But you'll like at least a few songs on there."

"We're working on thirty-two songs, and twenty-six are nearly done," he says. Of those, thirteen are slated for the final album. Among Rose's favorites are "Better", "There Was a Time" and "The Blues".

On being more like an average guy than the most mythical rock star on the planet in 2006:

"The only time people ever write about me is when I go out to a strip club, because I don't chase the paparazzi down."

On the possibility of a reunion with his former GUNS N' ROSES bandmates:

"I haven't spoken to Slash in ten years. I love the guy, I always wanted everyone to know how great he was, but.... I was just talking to Izzy the other day though."

On the possibility of the current incarnation of GUNS N' ROSES going back out on the road soon:

"Every time there's a big festival announced, we get rumored to be on there. But we'll see what happens."

[Check out photos of Axl Rose from the KORN tour-announcement party at this location.]

(Thanks: TheNewGuns.com)