Nikki Sixx Quotations | Page 2

The other day I went to a movie with some friends, and they were like, 'Let's look it up on the Internet and see what people are saying,' and I was like, 'Man, that's messed up.'

What can I say that will make people that are in recovery want to stand up and support Recovery Month? A friend of mine said, 'You know, the fact that you did a really honest book and it changed people's lives, that's something to talk about.'

If you were on the phone with me and Tommy right now, we would probably forget you were there, we'd just be cracking jokes. It's like Beavis and Butthead.

It's getting harder and harder to feel inspired to spend six months on a record.

Every day, I wake up, and the first thing I think of is my kids.

Each guy has his own space. We all end up in one of the other guy's rooms all the time. We always end up together, as far as people getting along.

For me, to turn people on to new music, on to things that are going on in the world, is important.

I love those Keith Richards solo records, but it's not the Rolling Stones.

It's physically very, very, very trying to be onstage as a performer, not unlike an athlete, for thirty years.

As a lyricist, I'm really trying to raise my level of quality.

Celebrities, movie stars and rock stars are losing their mystique.

Formats are going to change because this is what the people want. It's not what the labels want.

I know I'd feel emotional if one of my favorite bands was going out.

I love women. My life revolves around them.

It's hard to find vehicles for your music.

Let me explain something: I'm not incredibly rich.

Like all artists, I go through creative spurts.

My mom, you know, took off when I was about 6. What ended up happening is I ended up being with my grandparents.

Some cats, Iggy Pop, they're going to always have that hunger.

When Ozzy calls and asks you to go on tour, you say, 'When do I start?'

You don't base records on success; you base it on creativity.

I never understood the hit-single, quick-success, get-airplay mentality.

I understand quarterly billing, how the record companies run.

When it comes to putting together a new show, we always push the envelope, and that's part of Motley Crue's legacy.

The book is really, really dark, to the point where some people that I've talked to have said that it could be a series. And I'm like, Where? VH1? It's a little hard for VH1.

Being able to say something lyrically, to say something that will do more than just be words, is really hard. It's easy to do when you're writing a chapter of a book or writing poetry, but it's really hard to do when you're confined to a melody line.

I remember, when I was a kid, listening to the radio and hearing 'Big Bad John' by Jimmy Dean - and it just blew me away. I used to sit there and call the radio stations and request that song. And then the Beatles were obviously out already, but I really didn't know about the Beatles.

I'd like to respond to rumors that I died yesterday ... I mean, c'mon, be patient! My day will come but it hasn't yet!

We are from Hollywood, you know that's where we started.

He will be able to perform, but can't really jump around until it heals. Luckily, we have a few days off here and there for him to recover.

I'm sober, and I'm sick. I'm sick in the head. And all that support and all that great stuff around me allows my artistic side to be even more demented.

When I first started seeing it come together, I was just blown away.

You know, we've all talked about how mostly, more than anything, we just really wanted to have a good time. And I think that, you know, this tour has really turned out to be a lot of fun for us as band members and as friends. You know, we've been friends for forever.

We just didn't give a f?-. We did things our way, and we had a hell of a good time doing it.

We decided the first part of the show would be our earlier stuff. And then we would come out for the second half, blasting more radio-oriented stuff, the hits, I guess. It gives us the opportunity to put the music together.

We're across the street from the Erotica Museum and Frederick's of Hollywood. This is a perfect place for us to be.

When we were younger, you know, small stuff was small stuff. But we turned it into big stuff. It's just part of being young.

We've all grown up a lot, and we realize that small stuff is just small stuff, and we look at the big picture on every level. We think about the future, we think about music, and how to make music the best we can. There's nothing petty going on. It's very focused.

And there's one thing that we all agree on in the band, which is: It's more important to have a great record than to rush getting it out.

Vince feels horrible, ... He wanted to finish the show but I think it's better he didn't, in the big picture. From all four of us, we're very sorry and will be back to Atlanta. No shows will be canceled.

Vince has said over and over, you know, rock 'n' roll never really goes away,

You can't do this, you can't take a picture of someone who has built their image up, I don't care who it is. You can't use that for your business.

And, you know, there's a brutality to us when we're together,

But the other thing besides that which is true is that we have been rediscovered or discovered by a new audience.

We had sort of Spinal Tap moment in Europe . . . when I caught on fire. Vince almost had to stop singing, he was laughing so hard.

They're the Liz Taylor and Richard Burton of our era.

SIXX: A.M. is a passion project. I think when you do things like that and put your heart into them and do your best and don't necessarily put them on a marketing grid, that's when things turn out the best.

I mean, you can hate us. I don't care if you hate us, but no one will ever sound like us.

Everybody was paranoid that it was going to be the same as it used to be. People had cold feet. They weren't sure. It's like getting back into a relationship that didn't work out real well. Once we got back in, we realized why it was so magical, but it took some prodding and some time, and everything just sort of worked itself out organically.

Everyone felt as if they were doing something really important. This song, both musically and lyrically, relates to many of the things that are happening now, as the hardest hit areas set out to rebuild.

I know he had a good time there.

We go to do the Billboard Music Awards to be a presenter, and we walk on stage, and we get a standing ovation from the industry.

We fit in there with all the dead movie stars.

There's a pattern when tours start-a pattern of infighting, of making up, of breaking up, of addiction. There's a pattern of going to jail. There's a pattern of passion for music.

How have you guys been since we've been gone?

I don't think any of us realized how much work and how intense of a show it would be until we got into preproduction here in Los Angeles,

Love those who hurt you the most, because they are probably the ones closest to you. They, too, are on a path, and just like you they are learning to walk before they can fly. Imagine of everybody you hurt in life turned their backs on you? You would be playing a hell of a lot of solitaire. Love them no matter what.

When You've lost it all....thats when you realize that Life is Beautiful.

The trouble with asking questions is you sometimes get answers you don't wanna hear.

Perfection is unattainable, so I like to live in imperfection.

There is nothing like a trail of blood to find your way back home. When you've lost it all, that's when you finally realize that life is beautiful.

Rock and Roll's got to be like Jack Daniels. You've got to feel it burn.

Don't waste your death on a half assed life

I am inspired by thinkers. I am inspired by rebellion. I am inspired by children. I have been inspired by love. I have been inspired by heartbreak. I try to take everything that comes at me in life. There have been times in my life that I didn't handle things... right. But even though you stumble, you still kind of get through it.

Addiction - When you can give up something any time, as long as it's next Tuesday.

Sometimes I think I should just buy a blow-up party doll. Same level of intelligence, plastic, and full of air. The problem is, I'd probably fall in love.

Alcohol, acid, cocaine... they were just affairs. When I met heroin it was true love.

Anybody I'm in a band with can do what they do better than me. I'm a huge believer that I can play bass or whatever I bring to the table - producing, songwriting, orchestrating - and I can look at the other guys and say, "He's got that, he's got this, and I have this." It's a team thing.

I can't make anybody happy, so I try my best to be good at what I do

Live in the moment. Moments make history.

I used to think the only way to be truly alive is to confront your mortality.

Life is like a long ride to nowhere in particular.

Ozzy Osbourne and Motley Crue in New Orleans on Mardi Gras = bad idea!

When you've tasted excess, everything else tastes bland...

Friends tell each other what nobody else is willing to tell you.

Some girl asked me for an autograph and I asked her why, she said because she admires me. I said she should see a shrink. Then she started crying and I started laughing.

We get paid in flesh. Our audiences are sluts and whores, each and every one.

What's exciting about being an artist, still, and what I'm really finding is awesome is that you can do it until you drop. I don't care how many lines I have on my face - I'll keep doing it!

Just let it happen and, I promise you, all that is magic will appear.

After I binged last night -or was it tonight - I was convinced yet again that there were people coming to get me. It was more than just shadows and voices, more than just fantasies....it was real, and I was scared to my core.My bones were shaking...m heart was pounding...I thought I was going to explode. I'm glad I have you to talk to, to write this down. I tried to keep it all together, but then I gave in to the manes and became one with my insanity.

There's really only one true path to recovery that's using the 12 step program and finding a belief in something greater than yourself (spirituality).

President George Washington used to wear a wig and make-up. I mean, c'mon, if he could do it, I can do it.

Creativity is not linear, just like the earth is not flat....If you keep going long enough you will always get back to where you started from. That is when you have lived a full life. That is the artist's path.

It's human nature to want to keep going, but you have to fight against the "I'm just gonna keep doing it" when you know the possibility of not looking great on the way out.

I don't fear death; I welcome it with open arms and a smirk. But until that wondrous day, I will continue to savor and celebrate all those who have graduated before me.

I feel my spot is somewhere between a bass player and a rhythm guitar player. I play with a pick. I play very aggressively. I always have a distortion pedal in line, and I play less melodies and do more stuff against the guitars that create melodies.

People want to see the car crash instead of the race. But, when you're the one in the car that's crashing, it's not much fun. I'm enjoying the race.

Sometimes [people] say the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree. In my case, I am pretty fortunate. [ My kids]'re pretty balanced, cool kids, going through pretty much the same thing all the other kids go through. There's nothing unique about me as a parent. I am a parent. My kids are kids. We do the best we can do. I don't think they know a lot about what I do, other than that I am in this crazy band, Mötley Crüe.

In life, when the baggage gets too heavy, you have to put it down.

Everybody needs some real rock in their lives...whether it's bands like ourselves, Aerosmith or Stones...or new bands like Five Finger Death Punch, Avenged Sevenfold...it's out there.

Raw and honest is what I go for [in my style of shooting]. I am looking for your inner beauty. The outside tells a story... But together is raw honesty.

I am not a preacher. I don't want to stand on a soapbox and tell people, "Don't drink. Don't use drugs." With my kids, I say "Don't drink. Don't do drugs." But when they turn 21, they can drink. I hope they never use drugs, but people make their own decisions. When they're old enough, they are going to have the chance to make their own decisions. I just hope I have given them enough love and support, and the ability to come and talk to me if they need to.

You might as well learn about sex from Motley Crue than your parents because it's a lot more interesting.

Darkness can be funny. It can be quirky. There are different ways that that stuff comes out as a creative person. But the actual conflicted, twisted, decaying, rotting soul? That's not me. No more.

A song has to be hummable and memorable at it simplest form, and that's what bass does for me. I feel like the glue to everything.

I think anything thats creative really takes my mind off whatever it is that Im going through in my life. If youre going through heartbreak, and you can write a song, its a wonderful win-win, because it takes your mind off the heartbreak, and you get to vent.

I keep interested and I keep my eyes wide open...I try to read as much as possible...try to go to places that are off the beaten path...and I love to listen in on other peoples conversations...all the things that are floating around out there and I regurgitate it with my perspective...lyrically and musically...

I have a lot of friends who come from alcoholic families, and they aren't alcoholics, because someone explained it to them. When I was in Washington DC, they really talked about the difference statistically between families that talk about drug addiction and ones that don't. The kids that can say "I see where this is going" have a much better chance of not becoming addicts, because they have been educated.

When I know too much I get bored too fast.

I was so happy every morning when I woke up that I was pissing smiley faces.