Top 225 Quotes & Sayings by Nikki Sixx - Page 3

When the addict gets recovery, his family gets recovery, right?

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

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.

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.

I understand quarterly billing, how the record companies run.

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

Let's just say I have expensive taste.

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

When I go into rehearsal rooms and meet with bands, they're genuinely excited to be with me because of what I've done as an artist, not because of anything else. There's that whole celebrity rock star thing, and artists are into artists who have been able to achieve success their way.

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

Sometimes when people can't speak English, they hum the melody instead of singing along. Having 20,000 people humming your song is incredible.

I'm very interested in architecture.

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.

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.

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

I love the way my tattoos look. I especially love Japanese-style tattoos and being completely sleeved by them, so it's not just these little individual and unrelated pieces, but everything's working together to create a larger design.

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.

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

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.

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!

When you can't climb your way out of such a hole, you tend to crouch down and call it home.

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.

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

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

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

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

Live in the moment. Moments make history.

When I know too much I get bored too fast.

Which side of the blade is sharper? The lie or the truth? It all seems irrelevant when your jugular is sliced open and you’re lying in a pool of blood for the whole world to see.

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).

Hi. It's Nikki. I'm not here right now because I'm dead.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

In the end, the whole Internet thing kills me, because you can use it as a positive thing or you can read into all the negativity. And I think youve gotta put out positive energy, put out cool viral stuff, and then just stay out of peoples opinions.

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

Life is like a long ride to nowhere in particular.

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

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 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.

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

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!

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

The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying says that death is the graduation ceremony, while living is just a long course in learning and preparing for the next journey. If we acknowledge death as the beginning, then how can we fear it?

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.

Don't waste your death on a half assed life

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

If you don’t deal with your demons, they will deal with you, and it’s gonna hurt.

Selling my soul would be a lot easier if I could just find it.

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.