Quotes from Nikki Sixx

I never understood the hit-single, quick-success, get-airplay mentality.

I never understood bands saying Nirvana had anything to do with derailing their career. Maybe those bands didn't have the goods.

I'm a sponge for information.

What can I say that will make people that are in recovery want to stand up and support Recovery Month? A friend of mine said, 'You know, the fact that you did a really honest book and it changed people's lives, that's something to talk about.'

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

When you have so many things, and you have no idea why, you think, 'Maybe I'm supposed to do things for other people.'

Don't waste your death on a half assed life

Like Hemingway said, the only thing that could spoil a day was people.

In life, when the baggage gets too heavy, you have to put it down.

UNUSED LYRIC I've never been to Eden But it's nice I hear tell When I die I'll go to heaven 'Cause I've done my time in hell

I must have bitten Angus Young too, because his brother Malcolm walked up to me in a rage. I was wearing platform boots, and Malcolm's face was eye level with my belly button. You fucking bastard, he roared at my navel. You can bite my brother, fine! But if you fucking bite me, I'll bite your fucking nose off, you dog-faced faggot. I think I said something like you and what stepladder, because before I knew it, he was attacking me, climbing up my leg and clawing at my face like a crazed cat.

Your shallow men shall dream, dreams, your insightful men shall see visions.

The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying says that death is the graduation ceremony, while living is just a long course in learning and preparing for the next journey. If we acknowledge death as the beginning, then how can we fear it?

A friend tells you the truth, that your breath stinks and you need a bath. An enemy tells you that you look great and you shouldn't change a thing.

The dying could be easy…it was the living that I didn't know if I could do…

Addictions are just symptoms of underlying issues, and in my view Nikki self-medicated the emotional pain of his childhood, and being away from his mother a lot, through drug use. What did he want? Ultimately he wanted to be able to create love for himself as a person.

After I binged last night -or was it tonight - I was convinced yet again that there were people coming to get me. It was more than just shadows and voices, more than just fantasies....it was real, and I was scared to my core. My bones were shaking...m heart was pounding...I thought I was going to explode. I'm glad I have you to talk to, to write this down. I tried to keep it all together, but then I gave in to the manes and became one with my insanity.

I wanted to help him but I guess ultimately you can only slay the dragon yourself. All that I could do was help him sharpen his sword if he needed me to.

They say to keep what you have, you have to give it away. I believe that. I also believe that you can be cool as fuck, not give a fuck and fucking kick ass in life, and not be fucked up. I'm still the first person to say "Fuck you" but I'm faster to say "I love you." If life is what you make it, I've made mine great. It took a lot of hard work and if you need to, you can do it too.

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

P.S. Hey what has 48 legs and 12 teeth? The front row in Alabama…

Life was full of surprises, with too many bruises and not enough Band-Aids.

I don't fear death; I welcome it with open arms and a smirk. But until that wondrous day, I will continue to savor and celebrate all those who have graduated before me.

I am pushing you, even if it's off a cliff, to create. Write that book, that song; pore over the concept of redecorating your life. I meet people all the time who say they're not creative. Bullshit, motherfuckers, you are creative.