MÖTLEY CRÜE / SIXX: A.M. bassist NIKKI SIXX has released his second book, This Is Gonna Hurt: Music, Photography And Life Through The Distorted Lens Of Nikki Sixx. He recently spoke with Ed Masley at AZCentral.com about the release; an excerpt from the interview is available below.

Q: In the book, you talk about getting into photography in 1989 while looking for a hobby to replace the drugs you'd given up, and I was wondering what it was about photography that led you there?

Sixx: "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. And photography is like that. You get to capture. You get to vent. You get to create."

Q: Did photography offer something music wasn't offering at that point?

Sixx: "I think they go hand-in-hand for me. It wasn't like I picked a camera up in 1989 and stopped making music. I picked a camera up and found another form of expression."

Q: Could you talk a little bit about what "Life Through the Distorted Lens of Nikki Sixx" means?

Sixx: "It's an opportunity to go back and see messages that were downloaded to me when I was young about what's right, what's wrong, what's beautiful, what's ugly, what's safe, what's unsafe. And as a photographer, I'm able to go, 'I don't really subscribe to that. That is not really my idea of ugly.' There's something very beautiful in that. You start finding beauty in the places that a lot of others don't, and you say, 'I have an opportunity to expose that.' And you're able to level the playing field and say, 'I see it all the same.' There's no difference if you're a supermodel or if you've lost both your legs. What are you doing that's beautiful or ugly on the inside?"

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Sixx has added a Toronto date to his upcoming Book Tour schedule on Saturday, May 7th. His complete schedule is below:

April 12th

7pm

Barnes & Noble The Grove

189 The Grove Drive

Los Angeles, CA

April 13th

7pm

University Book Store

4326 University Way NE

Seattle, WA

April 14th

6pm

Book Passage

One Ferry Building

San Francisco, CA

April 15th

7pm

Barnes and Noble

21001 N. Tatum Blvd.

Phoenix, AZ

April 16th

2pm

Barnes & Noble - Lincoln Park Shopping Center

7700 West Northwest Highway

Dallas, TX

May 2nd

7pm

Bookends

211 E. Ridgewood Ave

Ridgewood, NJ

May 3rd

7pm

Borders

10 Columbus Circle

New York, NY

May 4th

6pm

Barnes & Noble

555 12th Street NW

Washington, DC

May 5th

6pm

Barnes & Noble

1805 Walnut Street

Philadelphia, PA

May 6th

7pm

Boston University Bookstore

660 Beacon Street

Boston, MA

May 7th

3pm

Chapters Festival Hall

142 John Street

Toronto, ON

To read BraveWords.com scribe Aaron Small's interview with Nikki Sixx, click here.