Rock n' roll is dirty, and it's bad, and it's either clever or it's not clever. Nikki Sixx More Quotes by Nikki Sixx More Quotes From Nikki Sixx Photography is an individual passion of mine. I don't get paid to do it, although people offer me money. I do it because I love it, and if there's no money attached, I don't have to do anything. It's my weekend away, my vacation, whether it's an hour or five hours or editing photos on my laptop in the middle of the night. It gives me relief from all the other stuff. Nikki Sixx weekend passion photography When I first started seeing (the show) come together, I was blown away. It is unbelievable. And to see Vince singing, and behind him girls hanging by chains, and Harleys on the stage and the pyrotechnics going it's like, this is what I want to see in rock 'n' roll. Nikki Sixx rocks singing girl There's nothing unique about me as a parent. I am a parent. My kids are kids. We do the best we can do. Nikki Sixx parent unique kids Artists are very young, and say, Um, ok, to these industry dudes. Nikki Sixx industry artist young I don't want to jump through hoops for people. Nikki Sixx want people What's worse? Being strung out or being fat? Nikki Sixx being-fat fats It's time for new bands to step up because KISS and Mtley Cre, Aerosmith, The [Rolling] Stones... we're not always gonna be here. Who's gonna replace us? There's no one out there. It's sad. Nikki Sixx rolling band kissing We have a growing new fan base, and we wanted to get out now, and play now, and the timing was right. Nikki Sixx growing fans play It's physically very, very, very trying to be onstage as a performer, not unlike an athlete, for thirty years. Nikki Sixx athlete trying years The industry is a menace to artists. Nikki Sixx menace industry artist Its just kind of known in the music industry that a farewell tour means for now. Nikki Sixx farewell kind mean 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! Nikki Sixx teenager adults trying Formats are going to change because this is what the people want. It's not what the labels want. Nikki Sixx labels want people Motley Crue, collectively and individually, have done things on our own terms. Nikki Sixx motley-crue done teamwork Some cats, Iggy Pop, they're going to always have that hunger. Nikki Sixx hunger pops cat For me, I never knew what addiction was. I just knew my heroes, like [New York Dolls guitarist] Johnny Thunders, did heroin. I didn't have a father, it looked good to me. If I had read Johnny Thunders' book The Heroin Diaries, I don't think I would have done heroin. Nikki Sixx new-york hero father I love a little distortion across the bass; I think it kind of adds something to the sound of the band when the bass is a little overdriven. Nikki Sixx sound add thinking I sort of have a dark, twisted, offbeat way of writing, which I see coming up in my kids. It's funny, on Halloween, one of my daughters said, "Halloween isn't supposed to be happy, dad, it's supposed to be dark. " No smiling pumpkins at the Sixx household! Nikki Sixx halloween dad daughter We want to keep extending our brand into different places, into movies and soundtracks and our music will live on through licensing and our brand lives on through merchandise and new generations will get to wear our clothing and our T-shirts and stuff that's associated with us. Nikki Sixx generations different want I'm finding that people reading the book [The Heroin Diaries: A Year In The Life Of A Shattered Rock Star] are saying, "You came from one background, I came from this background - you were a rock star, I was a CEO. I didn't have a heroin/coke problem, but I had a pill problem. But I also fell from grace, didn't know how to get recovery, and I am now in recovery." People tell me that their kids read it and told them they'll never do drugs - "This book really shows me where it goes." Nikki Sixx stars reading book
