Nikki Sixx Quotes (46 Quotes)

Formats are going to change because this is what the people want. It's not what the labels want.

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!

We are from Hollywood, you know that's where we started.

We've all grown up a lot, and we realize that small stuff is just small stuff, and we look at the big picture on every level. We think about the future, we think about music, and how to make music the best we can. There's nothing petty going on. It's very focused.

If your album sells, that's cool, more people find out about you, more people get turned on to what we're really about-which is a live rock and roll band.

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.

The industry is a menace to artists.

He will be able to perform, but can't really jump around until it heals. Luckily, we have a few days off here and there for him to recover.

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.

We were telling everybody we weren't getting back together when we were in the studio actually recording. We wanted to try it on, to see how it would fit.

It's about what happens on stage, whether we can deliver it in a hungry way that is who we are in our hearts.

I know he had a good time there.

What's the best angle to cut someone's throat? Well, usually from behind. That's usually how it works.

You can't do this, you can't take a picture of someone who has built their image up, I don't care who it is. You can't use that for your business.

When we were younger, you know, small stuff is small stuff, but we turned it into the big stuff. It's just part of being young, you know. We've grown up and we've realized that some people, like old managers, will keep us on the road for years without breaks, and no one ever got us to talk about the small disagreements and annoyances. Once we figured all that out, we're all best friends again.

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.

The band was recently bestowed a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. And when they decided to get back together, they felt it was important not to have any expectations. We all talked about how more than anything we just really wanted to have a good time, ... This tour has turned out to be a lot of fun for us. We've been friends forever.

Who's the new Ramones, who's the new Guns 'N Roses, who's the new Motley Crue, who's the new Black Sabbath? They're coming, they're on the street, they're 16, 17 years old.

There's so much history amongst ourselve that reminds us of something, and we start cracking up.

I mean, you can hate us. I don't care if you hate us, but no one will ever sound like us.

There's a pattern when tours start - a pattern of infighting, of making up, of breaking up, of addiction. There's a pattern of going to jail. There's a pattern of passion for music.

Everybody was paranoid that it was going to be the same as it used to be. People had cold feet. They weren't sure. It's like getting back into a relationship that didn't work out real well. Once we got back in, we realized why it was so magical, but it took some prodding and some time, and everything just sort of worked itself out organically.

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

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.

Vince feels horrible, ... He wanted to finish the show but I think it's better he didn't, in the big picture. From all four of us, we're very sorry and will be back to Atlanta. No shows will be canceled.

... After we finished the song without Neil, we went backstage where he was surrounded by paramedics. They said he probably tore something in his calf and he needed to go to the hospital right away. He wanted to go back onstage, but to be honest he couldn't even stand.

Artists are very young, and say, Um, ok, to these industry dudes.

We decided the first part of the show would be our earlier stuff. And then we would come out for the second half, blasting more radio-oriented stuff, the hits, I guess. It gives us the opportunity to put the music together.

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

We go to do the Billboard Music Awards to be a presenter, and we walk on stage, and we get a standing ovation from the industry.

I forgive my mom for being a psycho and my dad for being a loser.

I'm sober, and I'm sick. I'm sick in the head. And all that support and all that great stuff around me allows my artistic side to be even more demented.

We each have our own tour bus. We've never done that before.

We did something this year that was not based on animosity.

We thought he killed himself.

But the other thing besides that which is true is that we have been rediscovered or discovered by a new audience.

I've got five kids and I'm married, Tommy's got two kids and he's been married, Vince just got married again, Mick's out of a relationship, Tommy's single as well. We've done a lot in our life, we've covered a lot of miles.

We're across the street from the Erotica Museum and Frederick's of Hollywood. This is a perfect place for us to be.

You know, we've all talked about how mostly, more than anything, we just really wanted to have a good time. And I think that, you know, this tour has really turned out to be a lot of fun for us as band members and as friends. You know, we've been friends for forever.

I'd like to respond to rumors that I died yesterday ... I mean, c'mon, be patient My day will come but it hasn't yet

wanted to go back onstage, but to be honest, he couldn't even stand. He will be able to perform, but can't really jump around until the injury heals.

Some cats, Iggy Pop, they're going to always have that hunger.

We're fine without it. We just did Live 8 without that special effects or gimmicks. We play festivals without that stuff. We don't need it, but I can tell you, it's a plus to have it.

I don't want to jump through hoops for people.

We just didn't give a f-. We did things our way, and we had a hell of a good time doing it.

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.