People say I have a distorted lens. I think I see things as they really are.
— Nikki Sixx
Some kid gets his first iPhone, signs up to Twitter, and then tweets, 'Nikki Sixx sucks.' And I'm supposed to take that personally.
It's physically very, very, very trying to be onstage as a performer, not unlike an athlete, for thirty years.
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.
Artists are very young, and say, Um, ok, to these industry dudes.
I don't want to jump through hoops for people.
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.
It's about what happens on stage, whether we can deliver it in a hungry way that is who we are in our hearts.
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.
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.
We each have our own tour bus. We've never done that before.
What's the best angle to cut someone's throat? Well, usually from behind. That's usually how it works.
Even as a kid, I saw the world in my own way and thought most things that were different were beautiful and magical. Even things that other people thought were horrifying and disgusting and weird.
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.
If you actually dissect the lyrics in 'Motley Crue', you'll notice that there's a lot going on beneath the surface.
There's nothing unique about me as a parent. I am a parent. My kids are kids. We do the best we can do.
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.
I forgive my mom for being a psycho and my dad for being a loser.
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.
Motley Crue, collectively and individually, have done things on our own terms.
The industry is a menace to artists.
There's so much history amongst ourselve that reminds us of something, and we start cracking up.
We have a growing new fan base, and we wanted to get out now, and play now, and the timing was right.
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.
I've always had an eye for the oddities in life.
You want to love unconditionally everything you do, or don't do it.
My main camera is a Nikon D3. I use a French camera from the 1800s for wet plate photography, I use a Hasselblad sometimes. But to me the camera really doesn't matter that much. I don't have a preference for film or digital.
Every day, I wake up, and the first thing I think of is my kids.
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!
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.
Some cats, Iggy Pop, they're going to always have that hunger.
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.
We did something this year that was not based on animosity.
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.
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.
