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" 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. "

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" 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. "

Nikki Sixx

Guitar

Important

" How can you have a rock n' roll circus without a midget? "

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

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

" I do believe that I'm an addict on one level or another at all times. "

" I don't really care what people do. "

" 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. "

" We each have our own tour bus. We've never done that before. "

" 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! "

" 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. "

" I think anything that's creative really takes my mind off whatever it is that I'm going through in my life. If you're going through heartbreak, and you can write a song, it's a wonderful win-win, because it takes your mind off the heartbreak, and you get to vent. "

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

Nikki Sixx

Dogs

Big

" 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. "

" You have to age gracefully. And that's what I love about Keith Richards. That's what I love about the Rolling Stones. They are aging gracefully. They are falling apart at the seams right before our eyes, and they are doing it gracefully. And that's the most beautiful thing that we can do. "

" 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. "

" The music industry is saying, This is the format, and if you'll fit into this format, you can be on radio, and if radio will play you, MTV will expose you, and MTV will expose you, we'll sell records. "

" There's a pattern when tours start - a pattern of infighting, of making up, of breaking up, of addiction. There's a pattern of going to jail. There's a pattern of passion for music. "

" There's so much history amongst ourselve that reminds us of something, and we start cracking up. "

Nikki Sixx

History

Start

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

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

" 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 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. "

" Addiction is a really hard thing to kick. "

" I'm very interested in architecture. "

" 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.' "

" 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

I Am

Creativity

" 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. "

" You get clarity as you get sober, and you get clarity as you get older. "

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

" 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

Writing

Time