(...Story Continued from Previous Page) The only thing I was hesitant about
is when people were too nice, when people did not really want to get into it,
and I really want to rip the flesh off the bone. There were times I would say to
[co-author] Ian Gittins, who would come back to me with a transcribed interview
and I would say, "Throw it in the trash!" And he would ask me why, and I would
tell him: Because it's b--- s---! It's a waste of time for anyone that's trying
to get a clear perspective. People would be like, "Yeah, Nikki can be kind of
difficult," and I would think, "Oh please! Can we just get to the point, can we
get the sledgehammer out?! Let's bash in the issue!"
Mötley Crüe's legacy is as much about a hedonistic lifestyle as it is
music. Were you looking to correct that? The diaries are much more of a
realistic perspective. You spend half the book in a closet, strung out, with a
gun in your hand.
I can't speak for anyone else in the band, but I have had an amazing journey,
and I know, at a point, the bottom fell out and I picked that back up and got
back on. Dealing with adversity is the one thing that this book and "The Dirt"
have in common. This is my experience, and it's separate from Mötley Crüe,
though I have obviously been in Mötley Crüe since Day 1. I have so much more to
do on this planet. I'm just getting started; I really believe it. With the
soundtrack to the book, we have a Top 5 single with Sixx AM's "Life Is Beautiful" -- and I haven't had a Top 5
single in Mötley Crüe in years! To be able to step aside, independent of the
band, and have a New York Times best-seller, to, independent of the band, create
a fashion line -- it's called Royal Underground -- doing so well, shows me that
you can, creatively, touch people. That's exciting! And I'm doing that in
recovery? If I can smell, taste and act rock 'n' roll, be rock 'n' roll and
still be creative as [well as] clean and sober, then maybe that's a pretty cool
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