{"author":"Nikki Sixx","author_id":"Nikki+Sixx","total_quotes":24,"quotes":[{"text":"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.","author":"Nikki Sixx","tags":["commitment","creative","help "],"id":1987,"author_id":"Nikki+Sixx"},{"text":"You know, it's pretty easy reading this book to see why I was angry and confused for all those years. I lived my life being told different stories: some true, some lies and I still don't know which is which. Children are born innocent. 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, or in my case 'head drive' that starts the corruption of the files.","author":"Nikki Sixx","tags":["childhood","children","corruption","knowledge","mind","nikki-sixx","youth"],"id":22419,"author_id":"Nikki+Sixx"},{"text":"Beauty, to me, is kind, generous, and people that are humble.","author":"Nikki Sixx","tags":["humble","me","people "],"id":57247,"author_id":"Nikki+Sixx"},{"text":"I am pushing you, even if it’s off a cliff, to create. Write that book, that song; pore over the concept of redecorating your life. I meet people all the time who say they’re not creative. Bullshit, motherfuckers, you are creative.","author":"Nikki Sixx","tags":["creativity","inspirational","inspirational","life-and-living","life","motivational","motivational"],"id":63128,"author_id":"Nikki+Sixx"},{"text":"After I binged last night -or was it tonight - I was convinced yet again that there were people coming to get me. It was more than just shadows and voices, more than just fantasies....It was real, and I was scared to my core.My bones were shaking...M heart was pounding...I thought I was going to explode. I'm glad I have you to talk to, to write this down. I tried to keep it all together, but then I gave in to the manes and became one with my insanity.","author":"Nikki Sixx","tags":["addiction","drugs","heroin","real-life","recovering-addict","suffering"],"id":65442,"author_id":"Nikki+Sixx"},{"text":"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.","author":"Nikki Sixx","tags":["homeless","world","dream "],"id":108687,"author_id":"Nikki+Sixx"},{"text":"If your album sells, that's cool, more people find out about you, more people get turned on to what we're really about-which is a live rock and roll band.","author":"Nikki Sixx","tags":["rock and roll","people","live "],"id":110905,"author_id":"Nikki+Sixx"},{"text":"Love those who hurt you the most, because they are probably the ones closest to you.They, too, are on a path, and just like you they are learning to walk before they can fly. Imagine of everybody you hurt in life turned their backs on you? You would be playing a hell of a lot of solitaire. Love them no matter what.","author":"Nikki Sixx","tags":["hurt-feelings","hurting-the-one-you-love-lessons","life","love","nikki","nikki-sixx","sixx","this-is-gonna-hurt"],"id":126540,"author_id":"Nikki+Sixx"},{"text":"Reflecting back, we all make mistakes; we all go through our stuff - relationships, financial, all kinds of stuff - and if you can grow from that and pass that message on, it's a pretty cool thing.","author":"Nikki Sixx","tags":["mistakes","financial "],"id":150429,"author_id":"Nikki+Sixx"},{"text":"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.","author":"Nikki Sixx","tags":["love","sad","me "],"id":155005,"author_id":"Nikki+Sixx"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":24,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}