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" When Ozzy calls and asks you to go on tour, you say, 'When do I start?' "
Nikki Sixx
You
Tour
Calls
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" 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
" How can you have a rock n' roll circus without a midget? "
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Circus
Without
You
" 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.' "
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Conversation
Want
White
" When it comes to putting together a new show, we always push the envelope, and that's part of Motley Crue's legacy. "
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Push
New
Legacy
" I never understood bands saying Nirvana had anything to do with derailing their career. Maybe those bands didn't have the goods. "
Nikki Sixx
Anything
Saying
Never
" You don't base records on success; you base it on creativity. "
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Creativity
You
Success
" I love those Keith Richards solo records, but it's not the Rolling Stones. "
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Solo
Stones
Love
" Do I think anything I ever do will be as big as Motley Crue? It's impossible. "
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Big
Impossible
Think
" 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
Me
" 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
Success
Rock
Meet
" If you leave me in a room long enough, I'll redecorate the room. "
Nikki Sixx
You
Enough
Leave
" 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. "
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I Am
Go
Creativity
" If you're getting different prescriptions from different doctors, there has to be some sort of check and balance in there somewhere. "
Nikki Sixx
Some
Balance
Somewhere
" I understand quarterly billing, how the record companies run. "
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Run
Understand
How
" 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.' "
Nikki Sixx
Man
Saying
People
" I remember Iggy and the Stooges' song 'Search and Destroy' reaching out from my speakers to me like my own personal anthem. "
Nikki Sixx
My Own
Remember
Song
" We did something this year that was not based on animosity. "
Nikki Sixx
Did
Something
Animosity
" Every day, I wake up, and the first thing I think of is my kids. "
Nikki Sixx
Wake Up
Think
First
" I listen to NPR a lot. I love that. "
Nikki Sixx
Love
Lot
I Love
" 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
Working Together
Design
Love
" It's about what happens on stage, whether we can deliver it in a hungry way that is who we are in our hearts. "
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Who
Hearts
Happens
" One thing I've always loved doing is hanging out and talking music with other artists. "
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Always
Doing
Loved
" 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. "
Nikki Sixx
Create
Farm
Photography
" Let me explain something: I'm not incredibly rich. "
Nikki Sixx
Rich
Something
Incredibly
" Addiction is a really hard thing to kick. "
Nikki Sixx
Kick
Thing
Addiction
" 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
Singing
Speak
Sometimes
" Through recovery, I've been able to do so much good stuff. "
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Much
Through
Been
" 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
Mother
Sister
Small
" It's really cool to know that there are so many people out there that are attached to me or projects that I've done to really feel that it's a personal relationship. "
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Cool
Relationship
People
" We each have our own tour bus. We've never done that before. "
Nikki Sixx
Tour
Own
Never