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Let me explain something: I'm not incredibly rich.

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.

When Ozzy calls and asks you to go on tour, you say, 'When do I start?'

I love women. My life revolves around them.

Hi. It's Nikki. I'm not here right now because I'm dead.

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

Some kid gets his first iPhone, signs up to Twitter, and then tweets, 'Nikki Sixx sucks.' And I'm supposed to take that personally.

I love a little distortion across the bass; I think it kind of adds something to the sound of the band when the bass is a little overdriven.

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

When you can't climb your way out of such a hole, you tend to crouch down and call it home ...

Overconfidence comes from fear and doubt, and you boast an ego when you're feeling less than.

Friends tell each other what nobody else is willing to tell you.

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.

It's getting harder and harder to feel inspired to spend six months on a record.

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

You get clarity as you get sober, and you get clarity as you get older.

Selling my soul would be a lot easier if I could just find it.

It's physically very, very, very trying to be onstage as a performer, not unlike an athlete, for thirty years.

People say I have a distorted lens. I think I see things as they really are.

Don't waste your death on a half assed life

I don't want to interview people. I want to have a conversation. I want to talk to Paul McCartney about the bass sound on 'The White Album.'

I love those Keith Richards solo records, but it's not the Rolling Stones.

The industry is a menace to artists.

If you leave me in a room long enough, I'll redecorate the room.

Rock and Roll's got to be like Jack Daniels. You've got to feel it burn.

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

Ozzy Osbourne and Motley Crue in New Orleans on Mardi Gras = bad idea!

Perfection is unattainable, so I like to live in imperfection.

The more I go onstage, the more quiet I am before, because I intend to go onstage and slaughter.

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

In my own life I like to be poised and have a positive outlook on life, and I'm leading by example to my children and people around me.

Like all artists, I go through creative spurts.

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

Addiction is a really hard thing to kick.

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

I can't stand people who try too hard.

It's just kind of known in the music industry that a farewell tour means 'for now.'

I'll play anyone in Uno and crush them.

How can you have a rock n' roll circus without a midget?

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

If you actually dissect the lyrics in 'Motley Crue', you'll notice that there's a lot going on beneath the surface.

You can get through anything if you want it bad enough.

Fans are so grateful when you go places they don't expect you to go.

I'm always willing to talk to somebody if they have something to say that is interesting.

Radio stations play what they believe is in, and they all talk to each other.

A song has to be hummable and memorable at it simplest form, and that's what bass does for me. I feel like the glue to everything.

My mom, you know, took off when I was about 6. What ended up happening is I ended up being with my grandparents.

The trouble with asking questions is you sometimes get answers you don't wanna hear.

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.

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

People want to see the car crash instead of the race. But, when you're the one in the car that's crashing, it's not much fun. I'm enjoying the race.

You want to love unconditionally everything you do, or don't do it.

Just let it happen and, I promise you, all that is magic will appear.

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

You can't lie to your audience. You can't lie to your fans.

What's scummy about the music industry is that everybody loves you when you're dead.

When I'm onstage, I'm more in the audience in my head than I am on the stage.

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

When I know too much I get bored too fast.

I listen to NPR a lot. I love that.

I'm not bothered by my appearance.

The thing is that I've known the guys from Motley Crue longer than just about everybody.

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

I love Starbucks. Maybe that's a bit sad. But I definitely need my caffeine. It's what gets me out of bed in the morning.

There is nothing like a trail of blood to find your way back home. When you've lost it all, that's when you finally realize that life is beautiful.

President George Washington used to wear a wig and make-up. I mean, c'mon, if he could do it, I can do it.

I'm a sponge for information.

I used to think the only way to be truly alive is to confront your mortality.

If you don't deal with your demons, they will deal with you, and it's gonna hurt.

Live in the moment. Moments make history.

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

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

When I photograph someone, I want to shoot the subject and get them out of my studio so I can play with the photos and do all the stuff I want.

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

I was so happy every morning when I woke up that I was pissing smiley faces.

When you've tasted excess, everything else tastes bland ...

I don't really care what people do.

I'm very interested in architecture.

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

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.

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

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

For me, one of the things that I get excited about is getting in situations I shouldn't be in.

I don't know if I believe in life after death so much as I believe that there is something out there.

I feel you see every crack and bruise with black and white [pictiures] and color distracts usually from the honesty.

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

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

When the addict gets recovery, his family gets recovery, right?

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

I know some people who've gotten tattoos that they probably shouldn't have, like the name of somebody they were dating, and that never ends well.

When You've lost it all ... thats when you realize that Life is Beautiful.

When it comes to putting together a new show, we always push the envelope, and that's part of Motley Crue's legacy.

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

If I'm watching my favorite boxer, and he's just won the heavyweight championship of the world, and he retires, it kind of makes the guy a legend.

I'm able to make decisions even in the face of adversity.

There's really only one true path to recovery that's using the 12 step program and finding a belief in something greater than yourself (spirituality).

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

What's worse? Being strung out or being fat?

There's no difference if you're a supermodel or if you've lost both your legs. What are you doing that's beautiful or ugly on the inside?

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.'