Tommy Lee Quotes
Top 82 wise famous quotes and sayings by Tommy Lee
Tommy Lee Famous Quotes & Sayings
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I don't need material things like gold and platinum records on my wall, Grammys or Hall Of Fame nods.
Most drummers are covered with a million drums, and everyone is like, 'What are you doing back there?'
The best thing about being rich is the freedom; freedom to do whatever you want whenever you want. It doesn't suck.
I also did some jail time a few years ago. Spent a whole summer in jail reading books. I pumped a ton of new knowledge and new thinking into myself.
The older I get, the more I don't care what people think or what people say. I just do what moves me.
I think that when I did the Methods Of Mayhem record, some of the hip-hop stuff probably freaked a lot of Motley Crue fans out.
There was a time when cowboys respected their horses instead of riding them to death just to show off for a crowd.
I lived up on Kanan and Mulholland. It's a bit of a drive, but once you get there, the horses, vineyards, it's just so peaceful.
Whatever we do as a band, none of us can do as individuals. We all know that, whatever we have gone through with each other and as a band.
If it's successful and it sounds awesome, and looks killer live, then I guess I can pat myself on the back and take all the credit too.
I'm always getting injuries like bruised and bloody knuckles from catching a cymbal or the edge of a drum.
I just write ... if it's really good, it's going on the record. If it's average, it's going in the trash.
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?
I don't really put too much emphasis on what somebody else might think of it. Otherwise your putting limits on yourself.
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.
I'm still that rowdy dude who has after-parties in his dressing room with a concert-sized PA system blasting away.
Of course drums weren't meant to be played other than sitting on the ground. When you're upside-down, your feet don't want to sit on the pedals.
It's always interesting to me that we all hear music differently. It's an awesome experience to hear what other people hear.
But you know what I'm trying to say, it's that there's a couple of really dangerous drugs out there and I've lost some friends to them.
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.
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!'
I am such a gearhead. In my recording studio, I personally engineer and edit everything on computers.
One of my favorite things in the world is to be seeing two people that are really old, still holding hands, still kissing.
What I wanna do with Methods is keep that around as sorta my freak out, creative free for all- anything goes project.
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.
I did the marching band all throughout junior high and high school. Music was one of my favorite things in school.
The crowd is a pretty good indicator when it's good, because it's kind of a universal energy that gets passed around.
I was never one for the passenger seat. I have always wanted my level of entertainment and showmanship to be the same as a frontman.
When I got home from The Ozzfest in September 2000 with Methods ... I just locked myself in my house and I started writing.
When I'm single, I'm one guy, and when I'm in a relationship I'm totally another. They're both a good time.
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?'