Top 225 Quotes & Sayings by Nikki Sixx - Page 2

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

If you're getting different prescriptions from different doctors, there has to be some sort of check and balance in there somewhere.

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.

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.

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.

Through recovery, I've been able to do so much good stuff.

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.

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?

I think - I honestly think that my story is not 100 percent that unique. I think that I'm - just the whole rock star part kind of throws an interesting twist on it.

I can't stand people who try too hard.

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

In '85, I went through rehab and I wasn't ready. If you're not ready, you're not ready. You don't want to hear the truth, and you're gonna keep doing what you keep doing.

I'm always willing to talk to somebody if they have something to say that is interesting.

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

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.

I had to find the courage to turn my life around.

It's hard to find vehicles for your music.

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 harbored a lot of resentment as a teenager and as a young adult. I still have a problem with authority, I'm trying to listen!

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.

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

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.'

I don't really care what people do.

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

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

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

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

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.

I remember Iggy and the Stooges' song 'Search and Destroy' reaching out from my speakers to me like my own personal anthem.

There's always people saying that rock is dead, rock is over. People are always out to kill rock and roll.

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

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.'

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

What inspires me? I am so inspired every day. I am inspired by thinkers. I am inspired by rebellion. I am inspired by children. I have been inspired by love.

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.

I think that music is a lifestyle that you sort of intravenously plug into and unplug from when you do and don't need it. Some people live it 10 hours a day, some on weekends. It's no more important or non-important than that.

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

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.

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.

I've got five kids and I'm married, Tommy's got two kids and he's been married, Vince just got married again, Mick's out of a relationship, Tommy's single as well. We've done a lot in our life, we've covered a lot of miles.

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

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

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

You can't lie to your audience. You can't lie to your fans.

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 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.

I love women. My life revolves around them.

Politicians really worry about being politically correct.

I never understood bands saying Nirvana had anything to do with derailing their career. Maybe those bands didn't have the goods.

Addiction is a really hard thing to kick.

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

I've always had an eye for the oddities in life.

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

I'm a sponge for information.

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.'