Nikki Sixx

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.

I listen to NPR a lot. I love that.

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

SIXX: A.M. is a passion project. I think when you do things like that and put your heart into them and do your best and don't necessarily put them on a marketing grid, that's when things turn out the best.

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

I just love doing radio. I've learned to be more vulnerable through radio than even I've been through books and writing lyrics. It's a different type of experience where, if I'm writing a lyric, I can sort of hide behind it a little bit.

They say the music you listen to in your formative years stays with you and leaves an impression for the rest of your life. For me, the things that I fell in love with happened in the '70s, when artists were nurtured by record companies and it wasn't about singles.

I love women. My life revolves around them.

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

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

Traveling around the country, meeting fans and hearing their stories in person and on my radio show has reenergized my commitment to creating honest and inspirational content that not only serves my own creative purposes but can help and touch others as well.