Nikki Sixx (Frank Carlton Serafino Feranna, Jr.) Quotes
When I first started seeing (the show) come together, I was blown away. It is unbelievable. And to see Vince singing, and behind him girls hanging by chains, and Harleys on the stage and the pyrotechnics going it's like, this is what I want to see in rock 'n' roll.
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I tried to stick with what I knew best, which is writing rock n' roll songs and melodies. I am as passionate as I was when I was 20.
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Rock 'n' roll doesn't glorify God. You can't drink out of God's cup and the devil's cup at the same time. I was one of the pioneers of that music, one of the builders. I know what the blocks are made of because I built them.
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I lived out my little rock'n'roll fantasy, I just wish I hadn't gotten into so much trouble for it.
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Michael Jackson was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It caused quite a controversy, because his nose isn't eligible for another fifteen years.
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Rock 'n' roll is about music. Music. Music. Music. It's not about you, it's not about me, it's not about Oasis. It's about the tunes.
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This was an unbelievable experience.
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Rock 'n' roll is ridiculous. It's absurd. In the past, U2 was trying to duck that. Now we're wrapping our arms around it and giving it a great big kiss.
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Rock 'n' roll is sexuality personified.
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Progression is important. I'm always going to play music in the general vein of rock'n'roll, but when I started I was very much associated with the West Coast lo-fi thing and I didn't want to get anchored in with anything that was just in vogue for the time being.
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Rock 'n' roll is meant to entertain. Hippie folk singers are supposed to be singing about leftist views, but I don't think rock 'n' roll was ever that way. I don't remember the early rock 'n' rollers ever expressing any political views.
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Pure, white rock 'n' roll, with no blues influence.
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Leadbelly's guitar is in the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame.
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Rock n roll is like a circus today.
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You want a showman, go see rock n roll bands today. You want to have a shamanistic experience, get psychedelic, then you watch The Doors.
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This is still a young man's game, so we have to stay young. Music allows you to do that, especially rock'n'roll.
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How about a cheer for all those bad girls! And all those boys that play that rock 'n' roll! They love it like you love Jesus.
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The most unbelievable thing about my behaviour is that I was convinced it was entirely f**king normal.
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Rock n' roll is about attitude and rebellion. It's supposed to be fun and spontaneous.
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What I do is so important to me. It’s like being a parent, in some ways, of a super-demanding , high-achieving child, with a cry that sounds really cool on the radio.
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Minority art, vernacular art, is marginal art. Only on the margins does growth occur.
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This is my child. I planted it. I saw it grow. I loved it. Don't cut it down.
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I could be religious, if they sang the hymns to disco.
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My goal is to be one with the music. I just dedicate my whole life to this art.
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When I first started seeing (the show) come together, I was blown away. It is unbelievable. And to see Vince singing, and behind him girls hanging by chains, and Harleys on the stage and the pyrotechnics going it's like, this is what I want to see in rock 'n' roll.
