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" 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
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" I've always loved the mixture of crushing live drums with a programmed groove, that really cool blend, like in the verse there's a really funky drum beat that is programmed then it comes in to the chorus; you've got that enormous human feel where the band kicks in. "
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" The best thing about being rich is the freedom; freedom to do whatever you want whenever you want. It doesn't suck. "
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" Going through life solo isn't very exciting if you can't share it with somebody, you know? "
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" Nikki lives around the corner from me and I see him all the time. We talk a lot, and of course we're still friends. That was our baby, Motley Crue, we put that band together. "
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" I threw my son, Brandon, a rave for his birthday and I fully set it up like a crazy rave with lights and sound, me and my partner DJ'd - I got Mix Master Mike from the Beastie Boys to come DJ for a bit. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I wouldn't specifically say rock n' roll is dead, but I don't see a lot of charismatic performers in the way of new blood who are edgy and dangerous on stage, like Marilyn Manson, who you never quite know if he's going to make it through his own show. "
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" I don't know how much you know about me, but I kind of have my fingers in a lot of different pies. "
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" Too many drummers sit at the back covered in drums, and you never see them. "
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" I don't have a problem with my temper. "
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" I'm really a cool, mellow guy. I'm not as crazy as everybody thinks. "
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" By the age of 17, for me, we had got an recording contract, and, boom, I was gone. "
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" I was always impressed by some of the progressive styles of guys like Neil Peart. "
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" 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. "
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" My house is really clean. It's a really big house so I have three ladies who come in and clean it twice a week, but let's just say that, in between times, maybe it's not quite so clean. "
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" I don't need material things like gold and platinum records on my wall, Grammys or Hall Of Fame nods. "
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" John Bonham was probably the most influential in terms of playing style and timing. "
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" 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. "
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" I'm constantly evolving as a musician. "
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" 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. "
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" The crowd is a pretty good indicator when it's good, because it's kind of a universal energy that gets passed around. "
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" It sounds kind of strange, but Jail time was almost a good experience for me. "
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