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" Aerosmith's 'Rocks' is on the list of my top favorite albums of all time. "
Albums
Favorite
List
" 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. "
Me
See
Think
" At 17, I signed a recording contract right out of high school, so I started touring and traveling the world. I sort of missed out on the college experience. "
World
High
Experience
" Being a drummer, I'm always like, 'Oh, that's got a funky beat. That's cool,' and I like to dance. "
Like
Drummer
Dance
" Being married to two extremely high profile, you know, actresses, and being sort of chased by, you know, paparazzi and people, it's a whole different dynamic happens to a relationship when that happens. All of a sudden, things get a little crazy, a little crazy. "
Crazy
People
Know
" By the age of 17, for me, we had got an recording contract, and, boom, I was gone. "
Age
Recording
Me
" Drumming's pretty physical. We sit at the back of the stage getting beat up like a workhorse. "
Like
Beat
Stage
" Drums isn't my one thing anymore. I love to produce. I love to make tracks, write tracks, produce tracks, and I can't just sit back as a drummer anymore. "
Back
Just
Love
" 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?' "
Up
Always
Crazy
" Getting married in four days was the biggest... mistake I've ever made. I have two beautiful kids, but... how can you know somebody in four days? Bonehead. "
Mistake
Know
You
" Going through life solo isn't very exciting if you can't share it with somebody, you know? "
Going
Know
Life
" I am such a gearhead. In my recording studio, I personally engineer and edit everything on computers. "
I Am
Computers
Engineer
" I didn't have the opportunity to go to college. I was busy touring since the age of 17. "
Age
Busy
College
" I did the marching band all throughout junior high and high school. Music was one of my favorite things in school. "
High School
Band
High
" I don't have a problem with my temper. "
Problem
Temper
" I don't know how much you know about me, but I kind of have my fingers in a lot of different pies. "
Much
Me
Different
" I don't listen to anybody's full record anymore and when I did, I don't think I listened to the whole record. I'm sorry, and I don't care who it is, if it's the Beatles, I can't listen to an hour and a half of anybody straight so I guess that's just my personal preference. "
Personal
Sorry
Think
" I don't need material things like gold and platinum records on my wall, Grammys or Hall Of Fame nods. "
Gold
Need
Like
" 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. "
Down
Drive
Hard
" I don't think anybody should ever touch anybody in anger, ever. "
Think
Touch
Should
" If Trent Reznor calls and says he needs a drummer for his tour... I'm there. "
Calls
Needs
Says
" I got really frustrated in jail, and I was like, 'Man, I love what I've done, and I love the mark I've made on rock n' roll history'... and I sat there, and I got really depressed, thinking, 'I gotta make a move... do something fresh and new.' "
Love
Thinking
Man
" 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. "
Work
Think
People
" 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!' "
Never
Voice
Never Forget
" I love touring Canada, and our Calgary fans are among the roughest and toughest. "
Fans
Touring
Our
" I'm always getting injuries like bruised and bloody knuckles from catching a cymbal or the edge of a drum. "
Edge
Always
Like
" I'm constantly evolving as a musician. "
Evolving
Constantly
Musician
" I'm driven by music. It's in my blood, and I've never been able to stay away from it for too long. "
Long
Music
Driven
" I'm really a cool, mellow guy. I'm not as crazy as everybody thinks. "
Cool
Crazy
Everybody
" I'm still that rowdy dude who has after-parties in his dressing room with a concert-sized PA system blasting away. "
Who
Away
System
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