Nikki Sixx

“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 remember Iggy and the Stooges' song 'Search and Destroy' reaching out from my speakers to me like my own personal anthem.”

“It's interesting. People go to an animal shelter and pick a dog that's been kicked, beaten, and has lost a leg and an eye, and they'll take that dog home and give it love and support, but they don't do that with people.”

“You know, it's pretty easy reading this book to see why I was angry and confused for all those years. I lived my life being told different stories: some true, some lies and I still don't know which is which. Children are born innocent. At birth we are very much like a new hard drive - no viruses, no bad information, no crap that's been downloaded into it yet. It's what we feed into that hard drive, or in my case "head drive" that starts the corruption of the files.”

“Ego is the great enemy. Ego will hold you back every single time.”

“There's always people saying that rock is dead, rock is over. People are always out to kill rock and roll.”

“For me, to turn people on to new music, on to things that are going on in the world, is important.”

“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.”

“What inspires me? I am so inspired every day. I am inspired by thinkers. I am inspired by rebellion. I am inspired by children. I have been inspired by love.”

“Every day, I wake up, and the first thing I think of is my kids.”

“Let's just say I have expensive taste.”

“Rock n' roll is dirty, and it's bad, and it's either clever or it's not clever.”

“I sport a cave-man mentality.”

“The other day I went to a movie with some friends, and they were like, 'Let's look it up on the Internet and see what people are saying,' and I was like, 'Man, that's messed up.'”

“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.”

“Los Angeles has been my home since the days even before Motley Crue, so I am beyond excited that 'The Side Show' has found a home on 98.7 FM. This is the station I listen to - my friends listen to it, my family listens to it. It's the station I wanted to be on, and I'm psyched to get started.”

“You can't pee like a puppy if you wanna run with the big dogs.”

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

“There's nothing unique about me as a parent. I am a parent. My kids are kids. We do the best we can do.”

“As a lyricist, I'm really trying to raise my level of quality.”