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" There's always people saying that rock is dead, rock is over. People are always out to kill rock and roll. "
Nikki Sixx
Saying
Rock
Rock And Roll
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" I can't stand people who try too hard. "
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" 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. "
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" I've got so many mountains to climb and goals to conquer. I've got so many scars I want to leave on the planet. I just feel like I'm not there yet. I feel like I am just getting started. "
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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. "
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" Traveling around the country, meeting fans and hearing their stories in person and on my radio show has reenergized my commitment to creating honest and inspirational content that not only serves my own creative purposes but can help and touch others as well. "
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Creative
Inspirational
Own
" 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. "
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I Am
Every Day
Day
" The industry needs to be run by artists, because we are the only people that care about art. "
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Because
Art
" 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. "
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Experience
Hide
Writing
" I've always had an eye for the oddities in life. "
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Eye
Life
Had
" 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. "
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World
Records
Out
" The other day I went to a movie with some friends, and they were like, 'Let's look it up on the Internet and see what people are saying,' and I was like, 'Man, that's messed up.' "
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Man
Saying
People
" 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. "
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You
Music
Play
" Politicians really worry about being politically correct. "
Nikki Sixx
Correct
Worry
Politicians
" 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. "
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Do Your Best
Best
Heart
" 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. "
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Said
Some People
People
" It's hard to find vehicles for your music. "
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Find
Your
Vehicles
" I'm very interested in architecture. "
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Very
Architecture
Interested
" 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
Ready
You
Want
" As a lyricist, I'm really trying to raise my level of quality. "
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Level
Quality
Really
" I know I'd feel emotional if one of my favorite bands was going out. "
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Feel
Going
Know
" I understand quarterly billing, how the record companies run. "
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Run
Understand
How
" I never understood bands saying Nirvana had anything to do with derailing their career. Maybe those bands didn't have the goods. "
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Anything
Saying
Never
" I have a wonderful assistant. I tell her I need four amputees and a midget, and she finds them. "
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Wonderful
" 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. "
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People
Cool
Energy
" What's scummy about the music industry is that everybody loves you when you're dead. "
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Dead
Music
Music Industry
" I'm able to make decisions even in the face of adversity. "
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Even
Able
Adversity
" 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. "
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Working Together
Design
Love
" I remember Iggy and the Stooges' song 'Search and Destroy' reaching out from my speakers to me like my own personal anthem. "
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My Own
Remember
Song
" 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. "
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Own
People
Space