Sixx Quotes

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

Cause they don't even know you
All they see is scars
They don't see the angel
Living in your heart

Let them find the real you
Buried deep within
Let them know with all you've got
That you are not your skin ~ Sixx AM

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. ~ Nikki Sixx

I had to find the courage to turn my life around. ~ Nikki Sixx

Ryon posed the question in all their minds -what the fuck is he?
The love child of Criss Angel and Adam Lambert? Jaxon tossed back.
His friend gave a soft snort that might've been a laugh. With a little Nikki Sixx thrown in, sure. ~ J.D. Tyler

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

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

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

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

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

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

There is something about spending Christmas alone, naked, sitting by the Christmas tree gripping a shotgun, that lets you know your life is spinning dangerously outta control. ~ Nikki Sixx

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I'm a sponge for information. ~ 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

The thing is that I've known the guys from Motley Crue longer than just about everybody. ~ Nikki Sixx

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. ~ Nikki Sixx

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

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

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. ~ Nikki Sixx

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

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

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

Like all artists, I go through creative spurts. ~ Nikki Sixx

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. ~ Nikki Sixx

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. ~ 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

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

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

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

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

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. ~ 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

Who's the new Ramones, who's the new Guns 'N Roses, who's the new Motley Crue, who's the new Black Sabbath? They're coming, they're on the street, they're 16, 17 years old. ~ Nikki Sixx

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

Don't waste your death on a half assed life ~ Nikki Sixx

Ian Gittings: The Los Angeles earthquake of October 1,1987 measured 5.9 on the Richter scale. It killed eight people, injured scores more, and left 2,200 people homeless and more than 10,000 buildings badly damaged.

However, Nikki Sixx was by far the most infamous Los Angeleno to react to the quake by running out of his house butt-naked and waving a crack pipe. ~ Nikki Sixx

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

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

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

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

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! ~ Nikki Sixx

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! ~ Nikki Sixx

What's the best angle to cut someone's throat? Well, usually from behind. That's usually how it works. ~ Nikki Sixx

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

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

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

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

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 you've gotta put out positive energy, put out cool viral stuff, and then just stay out of people's opinions. ~ 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

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

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. ~ 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

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

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

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

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

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. ~ 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

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. ~ Nikki Sixx

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. ~ Nikki Sixx

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

Hey, man, I like to look good; I wear make-up. ~ Nikki Sixx

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. ~ Nikki Sixx

When I know too much I get bored too fast. ~ 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

I know when I wear a Led Zeppelin shirt, I am happy to put that Led Zeppelin shirt on. It's not, 'Well, they kind of suck.' ~ Nikki Sixx

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

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

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. ~ Nikki Sixx

when you're sitting on a plane 40, 000 feet up in the air, looking out the window, dreaming of your future and how bright it appears to be, or maybe just watching the drops of rain being pushed into different designs from the force of air at 400 mph, well, life feels good. it feels safe, your seat belt is on and your feet are up. then the oxygen masks fall, the plane jumps, snaps and jolts. people start to scream, babies burst out crying, people start praying all in time to the overhead announcement that we're gonna crash. right then, as your life flashes before your eyes, you hear yourself say, "god, if you get me outta this one, i'll stop [insert lie here] forever." right then the nose of the plane pulls up and the captain says, "wow, that was a close one, folks. we're ok, we'll be landing in thirty minutes and we're all safe and sound, sorry for the scare…" that's how getting hooked on junk is, and when the kick is over you can't believe you ever got on that plane in the first place. the question is, will you ever fly again? ~ Nikki Sixx

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

For those that don't know, my sister was born with Down Syndrome, and she was institutionalized in the very early sixties. Me, being just a small boy and being shuffled around between my mother and grandparents, I never knew her. ~ 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

It's interesting. People go to an animal shelter and pick a dog that's been kicked, beaten, and has lost a leg and an eye, and they'll take that dog home and give it love and support, but they don't do that with people. ~ Nikki Sixx

It's hard to find vehicles for your music. ~ Nikki Sixx

You want to love unconditionally everything you do, or don't do it. ~ Nikki Sixx

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

Life was full of surprises, with too many bruises and not enough Band-Aids. ~ Nikki Sixx

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. ~ 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

I'm not religious, but by nature I am spiritual. I'm an artist, and creativity seems to go hand in hand with spirituality. But I have a knee-jerk reaction against organized religions. Actually, I have knee-jerk reactions against anything that's organized. ~ Nikki Sixx