Nikki Sixx Quotes

You can punch a wall or write a song. Just as painful either way, but you have something to show for it at the end of the day with a song.

Most artists - painters or writers - I think create out of stress or negative situations. Look at rock music. It's about getting things off of your chest, and it's a means of venting in many ways. That's what my work is about.

Music is my expression. Music is my release. Music is my therapy.

We all need ways of processing things. I think I was called to music because it was this thing that was always there for me that I could pour my heart into safely.

If something's upsetting me, being able to go in and work on new music makes all the difference in the world.

I found music to be the therapy of choice. I guess it is for a lot of people.

I turned to music originally because of my past and needing a release or an outlet to get out anger or frustration or hurt.

Music was my one way to vent.

Music is my release.

When something is bothering me, I write a song that tells my feelings.

The only thing that's helped me get through some really hard times was just being able to write and express - it's very cathartic for me. I'm hoping that, by writing and performing for other people, it affects them the same way.

I don't have to lay on the couch and see a therapist because my therapist is in my paint brushes.

Writing for me is definitely a form of ventilation - a way for me to cope and deal with emotions. I think it is for any writer.

I think I write songs because of pent-up feelings.

I didn't never have to go to a therapist. I just always put it in a song and you heard me.

I write first for myself as a therapeutic process, to get stuff out and to deal with it.

For me, music is therapeutic, so the songs that came to me the easiest came from the most devastating moments of my life.

I think the greatest gift to me is that I can express myself in songs. It helps me get through some of the hardest times of my life. It also helps me celebrate some of the best times.

I think that's why I put my energy into making music. That's how I get my thoughts out, instead of being crazy all the time.

People have so much going on in their heads. I'm like, If you could write a song, you'd feel so much better!

I'll figure something out by writing a song about it.

Creativity, for a lot of young people, is a coping mechanism. It's the only place they feel comfortable. It's the only time they feel like they're being heard or can make a difference, is if they can go into a room and do a drawing or go to a garage and play a song or retreat to this world.

Music became my way of processing things and a way to gain confidence.

I make music... and it helps me figure out life.

I live vicariously through my songs.