Nikki Sixx Quotes
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It's physically very, very, very trying to be onstage as a performer, not unlike an athlete, for thirty years.
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I had to find the courage to turn my life around.
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I think anything thats creative really takes my mind off whatever it is that Im going through in my life. If youre going through heartbreak, and you can write a song, its a wonderful win-win, because it takes your mind off the heartbreak, and you get to vent.
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I can't make anybody happy, so I try my best to be good at what I do.
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Addiction - When you can give up something any time, as long as it's next Tuesday.
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For me, I never knew what addiction was. I just knew my heroes, like [New York Dolls guitarist] Johnny Thunders, did heroin. I didn't have a father, it looked good to me. If I had read Johnny Thunders' book The Heroin Diaries, I don't think I would have done heroin.
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Raw and honest is what I go for [in my style of shooting]. I am looking for your inner beauty. The outside tells a story... But together is raw honesty.
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Life can be cruel. It´s been my struggle, my personal battle, my obsession to make people see that different isn´t always bad.
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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.
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My main camera is a Nikon D3. I use a French camera from the 1800s for wet plate photography, I use a Hasselblad sometimes. But to me the camera really doesn't matter that much. I don't have a preference for film or digital.
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If you don’t deal with your demons, they will deal with you, and it’s gonna hurt.
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I have always believed that if you are honest in what you do, continually reinvent yourself at the same time, and there's respect amongst your band members, then you will be respected.
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We get paid in flesh. Our audiences are sluts and whores, each and every one.
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I just think if I can go from being a homeless kid with a dream of being in the biggest band in the world and making that happen, I can do a lot of other cool stuff, too.
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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.
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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.
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I was so happy every morning when I woke up that I was pissing smiley faces.
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Personal chemistry forges the way for musical chemistry.
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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 that starts the corruption of the files.
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Photography is an individual passion of mine. I don't get paid to do it, although people offer me money. I do it because I love it, and if there's no money attached, I don't have to do anything. It's my weekend away, my vacation, whether it's an hour or five hours or editing photos on my laptop in the middle of the night. It gives me relief from all the other stuff.
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I'm able to make decisions even in the face of adversity.
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Artists are very young, and say, Um, ok, to these industry dudes.
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Don't waste your death on a half assed life.
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The trouble with asking questions is you sometimes get answers you don't wanna hear.