The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band

by Neil Strauss

I’ve learned in life that if you chase something for long enough, pretty soon it will start chasing you.

Nikki was so intense it seemed like he would be in the streets killing somebody if he wasn’t playing bass. He hit the strings so hard that he kept splitting the skin between his fingers. Watching him throttle that thing, with blood flying off his fingers, the strings seemed like razor blades.