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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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" 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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Twice

Say

House

" 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. "

" There are things you do that just come natural, and sometimes those are amazingly in synch, and sometimes they're horribly out of synch, and you're like, 'Ooo! That wasn't very good tonight.' Most of the time, it's just on. "

" I don't need material things like gold and platinum records on my wall, Grammys or Hall Of Fame nods. "

Tommy Lee

Gold

Need

" 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. "

Tommy Lee

You

Think

" Being a drummer, I'm always like, 'Oh, that's got a funky beat. That's cool,' and I like to dance. "

Tommy Lee

Drummer

Dance

" I've loved roller coasters since I was a kid. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" There was a time when cowboys respected their horses instead of riding them to death just to show off for a crowd. "

" By the age of 17, for me, we had got an recording contract, and, boom, I was gone. "

Tommy Lee

Age

Recording

" 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. "

" I've always been kind of a - you know, I have my moments, where I can be Tommy, and then I flip a switch; when you're on stage, you turn into this other personality. "

" My father lived by the philosophy, 'Be yourself, because everyone else is taken,' and he made sure I did, too. Whatever I wanted to do, he supported me. I don't mean that I was spoilt - he didn't believe in material gifts - but he watched my back while I worked to achieve things. "

" I don't think anybody should ever touch anybody in anger, ever. "

" 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. "

" Sometimes when you have children they're the opposites of you. "

" I don't know how much you know about me, but I kind of have my fingers in a lot of different pies. "

Tommy Lee

Much

Different

" I love touring Canada, and our Calgary fans are among the roughest and toughest. "

" 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. "

" It's been a while since I've studied: since high school. It's a lot of work, a lot of work. "

" I was always impressed by some of the progressive styles of guys like Neil Peart. "

" Drumming's pretty physical. We sit at the back of the stage getting beat up like a workhorse. "

Tommy Lee

Beat

Stage

" 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. "

" There's no new news. "

Tommy Lee

News

New

" The older I get, the more I don't care what people think or what people say. I just do what moves me. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I take the best of all the styles I like and put them together in one package. "