Do I think anything I ever do will be as big as Motley Crue? It's impossible.

People say I have a distorted lens. I think I see things as they really are.

I think anything that's creative really takes my mind off whatever it is that I'm going through in my life. If you're going through heartbreak, and you can write a song, it's a wonderful win-win, because it takes your mind off the heartbreak, and you get to vent.

I think that music is a lifestyle that you sort of intravenously plug into and unplug from when you do and don't need it. Some people live it 10 hours a day, some on weekends. It's no more important or non-important than that.

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.

When we were younger, you know, small stuff is small stuff, but we turned it into the big stuff. It's just part of being young, you know. We've grown up and we've realized that some people, like old managers, will keep us on the road for years without breaks, and no one ever got us to talk about the small [disagreements and annoyances]. Once we figured all that out, we're all best friends again.