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

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" I'm not bothered by my appearance. "

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" People say I have a distorted lens. I think I see things as they really are. "

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

" If you leave me in a room long enough, I'll redecorate the room. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" We have a growing new fan base, and we wanted to get out now, and play now, and the timing was right. "

" Some kid gets his first iPhone, signs up to Twitter, and then tweets, 'Nikki Sixx sucks.' And I'm supposed to take that personally. "

" My studio, nicknamed 'Funny Farm,' is in a hidden location. It's very private. Not only do I create my photography there, but it is also where I write my books and create music. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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