but i think all of us would kill to have written some of the riffs/songs he has, and he certainly plays with a feel/emotion alot of guitarists can only dream of...

You definitely don't speak for me!

I wouldn't want to have done anything that I haven't actually done myself. I'm satisfied with my playing.

I guess he's ok, but really.. I've heard a lot from Guns N Roses...but where are all these "memorable lead lines"? I feel like I must be missing out. I found it hard to like him at all when Guns N Roses was first getting popular, just because there were so many amazing guitarists just getting started around that time (like, everyone signed to Shrapnel :P).