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" 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. "
Tommy Lee
Mistake
Know
You
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" 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. "
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" John Bonham was probably the most influential in terms of playing style and timing. "
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" One day I would love to do rock a gig on the moon - how rad would that be? Isn't Richard Branson flying planes to outer space? Motley Crue could be the first band to play on the moon. "
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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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" It sounds kind of strange, but Jail time was almost a good experience for me. "
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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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" Being a drummer, I'm always like, 'Oh, that's got a funky beat. That's cool,' and I like to dance. "
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" The drums are about gravity. Your hand naturally falls down on the drums as you hit them. "
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" 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. "
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" I did the marching band all throughout junior high and high school. Music was one of my favorite things in school. "
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" 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? "
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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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Rich
" I'm still that rowdy dude who has after-parties in his dressing room with a concert-sized PA system blasting away. "
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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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High
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" The New York Dolls are the only band that we grew up on that we haven't played with. "
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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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" You never know what's going to happen sometimes, or what you think's going to happen never happens, or when you least expect it, the Santana record comes along and just blows up. "
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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 really wanna get my paws on scoring a film. "
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Film
Wanna
" 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. "
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" I'm always getting injuries like bruised and bloody knuckles from catching a cymbal or the edge of a drum. "
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" I'm driven by music. It's in my blood, and I've never been able to stay away from it for too long. "
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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 was never one for the passenger seat. I have always wanted my level of entertainment and showmanship to be the same as a frontman. "
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" 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!' "
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Never
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" It's been a while since I've studied: since high school. It's a lot of work, a lot of work. "
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