Nikki Sixx Quotes

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

Ego is the great enemy. Ego will hold you back every single time.

If your album sells, that's cool, more people find out about you, more people get turned on to what we're really about-which is a live rock and roll band.

I don't like to write music by myself anymore. It's boring. I want the jamming, the push and pull, and the excitement that comes with it.

Life can be cruel. It´s been my struggle, my personal battle, my obsession to make people see that different isn´t always bad.

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'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.

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

I feel you see every crack and bruise with black and white [pictiures] and color distracts usually from the honesty.

You grow, learn, and the more I can sit in silence and be comfortable with myself, the more I can make noise, as ironic and Zen Buddhist and satanic as it sounds!

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

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.

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

It's about what happens on stage, whether we can deliver it in a hungry way that is who we are in our hearts.

The more I go onstage, the more quiet I am before, because I intend to go onstage and slaughter.

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

There's nothin like a trail of ßlooÐ to finÐ your way ßack home

I'll play anyone in Uno and crush them.

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

If you actually dissect the lyrics in 'Motley Crue', you'll notice that there's a lot going on beneath the surface.

When I'm onstage, I hope it looks like what I want to see - the lights, the pyro, the band.

Its just kind of known in the music industry that a farewell tour means for now.

We have a growing new fan base, and we wanted to get out now, and play now, and the timing was right.

I love a little distortion across the bass; I think it kind of adds something to the sound of the band when the bass is a little overdriven.

It's time for new bands to step up because KISS and Mtley Cre, Aerosmith, The [Rolling] Stones... we're not always gonna be here. Who's gonna replace us? There's no one out there. It's sad.

When I photograph someone, I want to shoot the subject and get them out of my studio so I can play with the photos and do all the stuff I want.

The Stones are not the kind of band that want to get in the details. That's why they have a producer and engineer - to pull the magic out of them and make them sound so great.

I have always believed that if you are honest in what you do, continually reinvent yourself at the same time, and there's respect amongst your band members, then you will be respected.

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

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

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.

There's nothing unique about me as a parent. I am a parent. My kids are kids. We do the best we can do.

If I could make a record in two minutes and thirty seconds, I'd do it. I want the creativity, and I don't give a f - k about the snare sound.

Personal chemistry forges the way for musical chemistry.

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

I don't want to jump through hoops for people.

What's worse? Being strung out or being fat?

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

Beauty, to me, is kind, generous, and people that are humble.

I'm very interested in architecture.

I know some people who've gotten tattoos that they probably shouldn't have, like the name of somebody they were dating, and that never ends well.

I love Starbucks. Maybe that's a bit sad. But I definitely need my caffeine. It's what gets me out of bed in the morning.

It's really cool to know that there are so many people out there that are attached to me or projects that I've done to really feel that it's a personal relationship.