Nikki Sixx

Musician

272 Quotes

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.

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

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.

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?

Like all artists, I go through creative spurts.

I sport a cave-man mentality.

What's scummy about the music industry is that everybody loves you when you're dead.

Let's just say I have expensive taste.

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.

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.

They say the music you listen to in your formative years stays with you and leaves an impression for the rest of your life. For me, the things that I fell in love with happened in the '70s, when artists were nurtured by record companies and it wasn't about singles.

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

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

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

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.

I can't stand people who try too hard.

We all fall off the wagon. It's only one day; it's not the rest of your life. Pick yourself up and go again.

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

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

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

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