Las Vegas Weekly has issued an interview with MÖTLEY CRÜE frontman VINCE NEIL, conducted by Robin Leach for his Luxe Life column. The following is an excerpt:

Q: You’re also a rock ’n’ roll survivor when you think about all the other things.

A: "Yeah, when you read the book and the part of the drugs and the hard living. It’s pretty amazing that the guys of Motley Crue and I are still alive. So many close calls."

Q: Do you marvel at that, that you’re still a rock ’n’ roll superstar at the half-century mark?

A: "Yeah, it’s pretty crazy when we’re looking at our 30th anniversary next year - still filling up stadiums and outdoor arenas. It’s hard to stay viable for that many years continually, but we stumbled upon something. We were able to transcend the generations, and that’s why you see the 40- to 50-year-olds who grew up with us, and their kids are coming, too. Dads taking their sons who are 5 and 6 to their first concert, 10-year-olds with Shout at the Devil shirts on, tattoo artists standing next to attorneys in the audience. It’s a little bit of everything."

Q: Any regrets about the life you’ve lived, the ups and downs of experiences?

A: "No, you know, with anything bad that has happened to me, I just try to learn by my mistakes and not repeat them again. Sometimes that’s hard to do, but that’s what you have to do.

Neil's autobiography, Tattoos & Tequila - To Hell And Back With One Of Rock's Most Notorious Frontmen - will be released September 23rd in both hardcover and electronic book formats via Grand Central Publishing / Hachetter Book Group.

A newly-released excerpt from Chapter 3 reads as follows:

“The doctors said they needed to perform another operation: The scar tissue from previous surgeries had formed on my baby Skylar’s intestines, twisting them and obstructing her bowels, the main source of her pain.

After that, Skylar looked even worse—if that was possible. It was as if she herself had given up. Lord knows she was a fighter, but I guess her little body just couldn’t keep on taking it. The life had drained from her face; she was just skin and bones. Three days later they took her, this time to remove her kidney, they said.

Once inside, they discovered that the cancer had spread—it was in her liver, intestines, and dorsal muscles. I was at home a few days later when the oncologist called to tell me they’d placed Skylar on a ventilator. He suggested one last operation. They warned us the procedure was extremely dangerous.

However, they said if Skylar made it through, it was very likely she would survive. Those eight hours in the waiting room were the worst of hundreds. Sharise and her family, my family, Neil, Heidi... all of us sat huddled together anxiously waiting for word from the doctors...”