Top 100 Nikki Sixx Quotes (2025 Update)

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

— Nikki Sixx

2. “Let go, and let God.”

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3. “Live in the moment. Moments make history.”

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4. “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?”

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5. “If you don’t deal with your demons, they will deal with you, and it’s gonna hurt.”

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6. “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.”

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7. “Don’t waste your death on a half assed life.”

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8. “Don’t Take Anything Personally Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won’t be the victim of needless suffering.”

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9. “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.”

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

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11. “Overconfidence comes from fear and doubt, and you boast an ego when you’re feeling less than.”

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12. “Rock and Roll’s got to be like Jack Daniels. You’ve got to feel it burn.”

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

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14. “Your ego is not your amigo.”

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15. “Hi. It’s Nikki. I’m not here right now because I’m dead.”

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16. “Addiction – When you can give up something any time, as long as it’s next Tuesday.”

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17. “There is something about spending Christmas alone, naked, sitting by the Christmas tree gripping a shotgun, that lets you know your life is spinning dangerously outta control.”

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18. “I don’t want to jump through hoops for people.”

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19. “The trouble with asking questions is you sometimes get answers you don’t wanna hear.”

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20. “I can’t make anybody happy, so I try my best to be good at what I do.”

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

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

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23. “My favorite moments are when the bass falls in the pocket with the drums, the guitar is on top just slicing it, and the melody is scraping across like a sidewinder shattering through the monitor. It’s just, ahhh, I love it! That’s the jones, the hit, the buzz right there. It gets me off.”

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24. “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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25. “Some days when you get out of your own way, and just put one foot in front of the other, amazing things happen. Like in the past, in my life, and the future in yours.”

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26. “When you’ve tasted excess, everything else tastes bland...”

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

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28. “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.”

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29. “Life is like a long ride to nowhere in particular.”

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30. “Motley Crue, collectively and individually, have done things on our own terms.”

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31. “I’ve got so many mountains to climb and goals to conquer. I’ve got so many scars I want to leave on the planet. I just feel like I’m not there yet. I feel like I am just getting started.”

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32. “Sometimes I think I should just buy a blow-up party doll. Same level of intelligence, plastic, and full of air. The problem is, I’d probably fall in love.”

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33. “The more confident you are, the more you can let go and believe that the people you’ve chosen to be in your circle are able to do what they say they’re going to do and what they’re really good at. It has made me a better band member, too.”

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34. “In the end, the whole Internet thing kills me, because you can use it as a positive thing or you can read into all the negativity. And I think youve gotta put out positive energy, put out cool viral stuff, and then just stay out of peoples opinions.”

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35. “It’s human nature to want to keep going, but you have to fight against the “I’m just gonna keep doing it” when you know the possibility of not looking great on the way out.”

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36. “You want to love unconditionally everything you do, or don’t do it.”

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37. “When I know too much I get bored too fast.”

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38. “You grow, learn, and the more I can sit in silence and be comfortable with myself, the more I can make noise, as ironic and Zen Buddhist and satanic as it sounds!”

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39. “He and Nona made me. They gave me a soft heart. They are the good that’s in me. When I lose my compassion and anger rears its ugly head, I think about my life.”

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40. “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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41. “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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42. “I forgive my mom for being a psycho and my dad for being a loser.”

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43. “Life is a series of hits and misses and tests that never end, but the reward is when you win Heaven just because you gave it your best try.”

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44. “I guess we all get to live out our destiny, even those of us who have to choose the worst one imaginable. So why did I take this strange, dark trip? Well, I have a little 1-2-3 theory on this.”

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45. “What’s worse? Being strung out or being fat?”

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46. “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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47. “Artists are very young, and say, Um, ok, to these industry dudes.”

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48. “How lucky can one guy get? I was a runaway, and then I was in one of the biggest bands in the world. I’ve sold out every arena. I’ve sold millions and millions of records.”

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49. “Which side of the blade is sharper? The lie or the truth? It all seems irrelevant when your jugular is sliced open and you’re lying in a pool of blood for the whole world to see.”

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50. “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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