Nikki Sixx

“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.”

“I know when I wear a Led Zeppelin shirt, I am happy to put that Led Zeppelin shirt on. It's not, 'Well, they kind of suck.'”

“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.”

“I had to find the courage to turn my life around.”

“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.”

“I've always had an eye for the oddities in life.”

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

“I know I'd feel emotional if one of my favorite bands was going out.”

“The industry needs to be run by artists, because we are the only people that care about art.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“Hey, man, I like to look good; I wear make-up.”

“Celebrities, movie stars and rock stars are losing their mystique.”

“It's hard to find vehicles for your music.”

“We all fall off the wagon. It's only one day; it's not the rest of your life. Pick yourself up and go again.”

“It wasn't like I picked a camera up in 1989 and stopped making music. I picked a camera up and found another form of expression.”

“I understand quarterly billing, how the record companies run.”

“They say the music you listen to in your formative years stays with you and leaves an impression for the rest of your life. For me, the things that I fell in love with happened in the '70s, when artists were nurtured by record companies and it wasn't about singles.”

“You don't base records on success; you base it on creativity.”