Nikki Sixx Quotes & Sayings

Artists are very young, and say, Um, ok, to these industry dudes. — Nikki Sixx

Reflecting back, we all make mistakes; we all go through our stuff - relationships, financial, all kinds of stuff - and if you can grow from that and pass that message on, it's a pretty cool thing. — Nikki Sixx

It wasn't like I picked a camera up in 1989 and stopped making music. I picked a camera up and found another form of expression. — Nikki Sixx

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. — Nikki Sixx

I've got my fingers in many pies and I'm very excited about creating stuff and watching it blossom and bloom and harvest it and get on with the next thing. — Nikki Sixx

Motley Crue, collectively and individually, have done things on our own terms. — Nikki Sixx

Your shallow men shall dream, dreams, your insightful men shall see visions. — Nikki Sixx

My main camera is a Nikon D3. I use a French camera from the 1800s for wet plate photography, I use a Hasselblad sometimes. But to me the camera really doesn't matter that much. I don't have a preference for film or digital. — Nikki Sixx

Rock n' roll is dirty, and it's bad, and it's either clever or it's not clever. — Nikki Sixx

Photography is an individual passion of mine. I don't get paid to do it, although people offer me money. I do it because I love it, and if there's no money attached, I don't have to do anything. It's my weekend away, my vacation, whether it's an hour or five hours or editing photos on my laptop in the middle of the night. It gives me relief from all the other stuff. — Nikki Sixx

The industry is a menace to artists. — Nikki Sixx

I remember opening up my first vinyl and seeing the incredible artwork it had. There's nothing like it. You also get that true gritty sound on vinyl that really makes a rock record sound great, which CDs can never achieve. — Nikki Sixx

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

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. — Nikki Sixx

I just think if I can go from being a homeless kid with a dream of being in the biggest band in the world and making that happen, I can do a lot of other cool stuff, too. — Nikki Sixx

The industry needs to be run by artists, because we are the only people that care about art. — Nikki Sixx

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.' — Nikki Sixx

I must have bitten Angus Young too, because his brother Malcolm walked up to me in a rage. I was wearing platform boots, and Malcolm's face was eye level with my belly button. "You fucking bastard," he roared at my navel. "You can bite my brother, fine! But if you fucking bite me, I'll bite your fucking nose off, you dog-faced faggot."
I think I said something like "you and what stepladder," because before I knew it, he was attacking me, climbing up my leg and clawing at my face like a crazed cat. — Nikki Sixx

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

It says that alcoholism is a disease, and that it gets passed on from generation to generation. I've told my kids about that: "You've got the crazy gene in you, guys. When it comes time to kick back with the buddies, drink a beer, and watch a football game, just realize that there will be a day when that thing turns on you. So you better keep an eye on it". — Nikki Sixx

Fans are so grateful when you go places they don't expect you to go. — Nikki Sixx

I don't want to interview people. I want to have a conversation. I want to talk to Paul McCartney about the bass sound on 'The White Album.' — Nikki Sixx

I'm able to make decisions even in the face of adversity. — Nikki Sixx

When I'm onstage, I'm more in the audience in my head than I am on the stage. — Nikki Sixx

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. — Nikki Sixx

You get clarity as you get sober, and you get clarity as you get older. — Nikki Sixx

If you leave me in a room long enough, I'll redecorate the room. — Nikki Sixx

When you die, every single muscle in your body hurts. Your body has closed down because it thinks it's done, and when it gets rebooted, every inch of you hurts. Plus I'd had the shit beaten out of me with a baseball bat. — Nikki Sixx

It would be too much for me to deal with to be sitting up there next to God, Bon Scott, Sid Vicious, and Jimi Hendrix, and hear somebody read my obituary from below:
NIKKI SIXX DIED TODAY ... FUCKING GOLFING — Nikki Sixx

People say I have a distorted lens. I think I see things as they really are. — Nikki Sixx

When the addict gets recovery, his family gets recovery, right? — Nikki Sixx

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. — Nikki Sixx

Do I think anything I ever do will be as big as Motley Crue? It's impossible. — Nikki Sixx

There's no difference if you're a supermodel or if you've lost both your legs. What are you doing that's beautiful or ugly on the inside? — Nikki Sixx

I don't know if I believe in life after death so much as I believe that there is something out there. — Nikki Sixx

Some kid gets his first iPhone, signs up to Twitter, and then tweets, 'Nikki Sixx sucks.' And I'm supposed to take that personally. — Nikki Sixx

You can't lie to your audience. You can't lie to your fans. — Nikki Sixx

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

Sometimes I journal three pages, sometimes I journal thirty pages, but I'm writing all the time, and whatever's happening is happening in real time for me. — Nikki Sixx

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

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

It takes all kinds to make the world go 'round. If everyone was straight-laced and uptight, it would sure be a drag. We need a little tug of war in society. — Nikki Sixx

Nothing that Robert Plant does will ever equal Led Zeppelin, but that doesn't mean he's going to stop being creative. Jimmy Page has so many incredibly cool projects, but it's not Led Zeppelin; there will only ever be one Led Zeppelin. — Nikki Sixx

The music industry is saying, This is the format, and if you'll fit into this format, you can be on radio, and if radio will play you, MTV will expose you, and MTV will expose you, we'll sell records. — Nikki Sixx

My dick didn't seem to be aware that she was there. She kept asking me what was wrong, and I was so out of it that I thought she meant what was wrong with the world, so I started talking about global poverty and shit. I'm not surprised she left. I suspect she won't be coming back. — Nikki Sixx

I'm finding that people reading the book [ The Heroin Diaries: A Year In The Life Of A Shattered Rock Star] are saying, "You came from one background, I came from this background - you were a rock star, I was a CEO. I didn't have a heroin/coke problem, but I had a pill problem. But I also fell from grace, didn't know how to get recovery, and I am now in recovery." People tell me that their kids read it and told them they'll never do drugs - "This book really shows me where it goes." — Nikki Sixx

Life is like a long ride to nowhere in particular. — Nikki Sixx

We did something this year that was not based on animosity. — Nikki Sixx

One thing I've always loved doing is hanging out and talking music with other artists. — Nikki Sixx

The funny thing is that when you have any form of presentation to your band, meaning you have the foresight to see outside of your creativity, you have a bigger vision. — Nikki Sixx

I can't stand people who try too hard. — Nikki Sixx

UNUSED LYRIC I've never been to Eden But it's nice I hear tell When I die I'll go to heaven 'Cause I've done my time in hell — Nikki Sixx

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. — Nikki Sixx

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

When you have so many things, and you have no idea why, you think, 'Maybe I'm supposed to do things for other people.' — Nikki Sixx

In my own life I like to be poised and have a positive outlook on life, and I'm leading by example to my children and people around me. — Nikki Sixx

A Short Alternative Medical Dictionary
Definitions courtesy of Dr Lemuel Pillmeister (also known as Lemmy)
Addiction - When you can give up something any time, as long as it's next Tuesday.
Cocaine - Peruvian Marching Powder. A stimulant that has the extraordinary effect that the more you do, the more you laugh out of context.
Depression - When everything you laugh at is miserable and you can't seem to stop.
Heroin - A drug that helps you to escape reality, while making it much harder to cope when you are recaptured.
Psychosis - When everybody turns into tiny dolls and they have needles in their mouths and they hate you and you don't care because you have THE KNIFE! AHAHAHAHAHAHA! — Nikki Sixx

For me, I never knew what addiction was. I just knew my heroes, like [New York Dolls guitarist] Johnny Thunders, did heroin. I didn't have a father, it looked good to me. If I had read Johnny Thunders' book The Heroin Diaries, I don't think I would have done heroin. — Nikki Sixx

Addiction is a really hard thing to kick. — Nikki Sixx

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

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

I just love doing radio. I've learned to be more vulnerable through radio than even I've been through books and writing lyrics. It's a different type of experience where, if I'm writing a lyric, I can sort of hide behind it a little bit. — Nikki Sixx

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

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. — Nikki Sixx

I understand quarterly billing, how the record companies run. — Nikki Sixx

I wanted to help him but I guess ultimately you can only slay the dragon yourself. All that I could do was help him sharpen his sword if he needed me to. — Nikki Sixx

I am the outcast come home to roost and the eggs of tomorrow are incubating in my fame. You hate me, you love me, you made me, and now I am in you. I am like that disease brewing in your loins and I think you like it ... — Nikki Sixx

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. — Nikki Sixx

I forgive my mom for being a psycho and my dad for being a loser. — Nikki Sixx

I look back at things I said when I was younger - it was bulls - t. You do what you have to do to go where you have to go, but I look back and I don't believe what that guy was saying. — Nikki Sixx

I am pushing you, even if it's off a cliff, to create. Write that book, that song; pore over the concept of redecorating your life. I meet people all the time who say they're not creative. Bullshit, motherfuckers, you are creative. — Nikki Sixx

Radio stations play what they believe is in, and they all talk to each other. — Nikki Sixx

I'll play anyone in Uno and crush them. — Nikki Sixx

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. — Nikki Sixx

Even as a kid, I saw the world in my own way and thought most things that were different were beautiful and magical. Even things that other people thought were horrifying and disgusting and weird. — Nikki Sixx

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. — Nikki Sixx

We each have our own tour bus. We've never done that before. — Nikki Sixx

There's a sound with Motley Crue, and it comes with Vince's voice, which is such an important part of the show, and Mick's guitar. And the way Tommy and me play together is an important part of it. — Nikki Sixx

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

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. — Nikki Sixx

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. — Nikki Sixx

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). — Nikki Sixx

Live in the moment. Moments make history. — Nikki Sixx

I have a wonderful assistant. I tell her I need four amputees and a midget, and she finds them. — Nikki Sixx

For me, one of the things that I get excited about is getting in situations I shouldn't be in. — Nikki Sixx

You can't pee like a puppy if you wanna run with the big dogs. — Nikki Sixx

Growing up in the '70s, it was only a few years before that when men started to grow their hair long. And in the '70s, people were pushing the envelope a little farther, with men having even more style and piercing both their ears and wearing makeup. — Nikki Sixx

Overconfidence comes from fear and doubt, and you boast an ego when you're feeling less than. — Nikki Sixx

I love women. My life revolves around them. — Nikki Sixx

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

If I'm watching my favorite boxer, and he's just won the heavyweight championship of the world, and he retires, it kind of makes the guy a legend. — Nikki Sixx

I do believe that when I'm writing music, I get addicted to the music of the concept of what the outcome of the song is, or the passion behind the lyrics. — Nikki Sixx

How lucky can one guy get? I was a runaway, and then I was in one of the biggest bands in the world. I've sold out every arena. I've sold millions and millions of records. — Nikki Sixx

You can get through anything if you want it bad enough. — Nikki Sixx

My favorite moments are when the bass falls in the pocket with the drums, the guitar is on top just slicing it, and the melody is scraping across like a sidewinder shattering through the monitor. It's just, ahhh, I love it! That's the jones, the hit, the buzz right there. It gets me off. — Nikki Sixx

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. — Nikki Sixx

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. — Nikki Sixx

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

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. — Nikki Sixx

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