The trouble with asking questions is you sometimes get answers you don't wanna hear. Nikki Sixx More Quotes by Nikki Sixx More Quotes From Nikki Sixx 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 rockssinginggirl 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 parentuniquekids Artists are very young, and say, Um, ok, to these industry dudes. Nikki Sixx industryartistyoung I don't want to jump through hoops for people. Nikki Sixx wantpeople What's worse? Being strung out or being fat? Nikki Sixx being-fatfats 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 rollingbandkissing We have a growing new fan base, and we wanted to get out now, and play now, and the timing was right. Nikki Sixx growingfansplay It's physically very, very, very trying to be onstage as a performer, not unlike an athlete, for thirty years. Nikki Sixx athletetryingyears The industry is a menace to artists. Nikki Sixx menaceindustryartist Its just kind of known in the music industry that a farewell tour means for now. Nikki Sixx farewellkindmean 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 teenageradultstrying Formats are going to change because this is what the people want. It's not what the labels want. Nikki Sixx labelswantpeople Motley Crue, collectively and individually, have done things on our own terms. Nikki Sixx motley-cruedoneteamwork Some cats, Iggy Pop, they're going to always have that hunger. Nikki Sixx hungerpopscat 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-yorkherofather 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 soundaddthinking 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 halloweendaddaughter 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 generationsdifferentwant 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 starsreadingbook Addiction is a really hard thing to kick. Nikki Sixx kickreallyhardaddiction
