Tommy Lee Quotes

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Tommy Lee

Profession : Musician

Birth : October 3, 1962

A lot of hip-hop artists wear fur, and they think it's a status symbol. That doesn't register for me; I just see dead animals.

Tommy Lee

Single's fun - you don't have to check in with your girl, but it's not easy. I do get lonely.

Tommy Lee

I'll never forget when I was, like, 17, and 'Highway to Hell' came on the radio, and I was like, 'Dude, listen to that guy's voice!'

Tommy Lee

I guess I always think the people that know me or fans that have followed me and know my solo work would know that I've always had really eclectic tastes - even in Motley, dude.

Tommy Lee

My oldest boy is 14, and he's not in that kind of awkward stage where, when we talk about girls, or there's a hot girl walking by - they're just so shy; it's weird.

Tommy Lee

I'm always getting injuries like bruised and bloody knuckles from catching a cymbal or the edge of a drum.

Tommy Lee

I've always gravitated towards the beats, obviously. And when I was growing up, I always loved funk music or even - dare I say it - disco.

Tommy Lee

Every tour we do, everybody's always wondering, 'What's Tommy Lee going to do next? What new, wild and crazy thing is he going to come up with?'

Tommy Lee

Playing upside down is insane. It's two or three times more difficult than what's normal. Your feet want to come off the pedals, your arms want to drop down - all of your body is fighting gravity.

Tommy Lee

Whether I'm writing solo stuff, electronic stuff, or material for Motley, I just write to write. I come up with it and put things in different piles.

Tommy Lee

I don't specifically sit down to write a Motley Crue song, so for me, that's how it works. The things that sound like they might be Crue, I put aside on my hard drive and keep them in that pile.

Tommy Lee

John Bonham was probably the most influential in terms of playing style and timing.

Tommy Lee

Phil Rudd from AC/DC was someone I really liked a lot... Not because I was dazzled by his playing ability - he was just a rock, y'know?

Tommy Lee

On our first record, man, I didn't know what I was doing. I was just playing. I was over playing. You're as green as you can be with no experience in recording or knowing how sometimes a song can work: when it's too much, when it's not enough, when it's not right.

Tommy Lee

The drums are about gravity. Your hand naturally falls down on the drums as you hit them.

Tommy Lee

I'm still that rowdy dude who has after-parties in his dressing room with a concert-sized PA system blasting away.

Tommy Lee

The New York Dolls are the only band that we grew up on that we haven't played with.

Tommy Lee

The very first thing I look at on a woman is her toes.

Tommy Lee

Going through life solo isn't very exciting if you can't share it with somebody, you know?

Tommy Lee

Our music will continue to have an impact in people's lives long after we finally call it quits.

Tommy Lee