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" If Trent Reznor calls and says he needs a drummer for his tour... I'm there. "
Tommy Lee
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" There was no way we were going to let this band hobble around on three legs. We chose the route that every professional actor, athlete and musician should do - leave the legend intact and bow out at the top. "
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" I love touring Canada, and our Calgary fans are among the roughest and toughest. "
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Our
" 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. "
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Sitting
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" I don't have a problem with my temper. "
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Temper
" One of my favorite things in the world is to be seeing two people that are really old, still holding hands, still kissing. "
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World
Hands
Seeing
" 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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Work
Experience
" I didn't have the opportunity to go to college. I was busy touring since the age of 17. "
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Busy
College
" 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.' "
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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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Gold
Need
Like
" 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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Freedom
Whatever
Rich
" Why is it that the hot chicks never can sing? "
Tommy Lee
Chicks
Why
Sing
" It's always interesting to me that we all hear music differently. It's an awesome experience to hear what other people hear. "
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Music
Awesome
Experience
" My oldest boy is 14, and he's not in that kind of awkward stage where, when we talk about girls, or there's a hot girl walking by - they're just so shy; it's weird. "
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Walking
Weird
Girl
" 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. "
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Down
Drive
Hard
" 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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Long
Music
Driven
" I really wanna get my paws on scoring a film. "
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Scoring
Film
Wanna
" There's no new news. "
Tommy Lee
News
New
" It's so funny because no matter what you say, fans only read and hear what they want. "
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You
Fans
Funny
" I'm always getting injuries like bruised and bloody knuckles from catching a cymbal or the edge of a drum. "
Tommy Lee
Edge
Always
Like
" 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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Who
Away
System
" John Bonham was probably the most influential in terms of playing style and timing. "
Tommy Lee
Timing
Terms
Style
" 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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Space
Moon
Flying
" 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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Loved
Growing
Music
" 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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High School
Band
High
" 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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Entertainment
Always
Seat
" 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. "
Tommy Lee
Feet
Three
Fighting
" 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
Voice
Never Forget
" 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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Drummer
Dance
" 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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Sorry
Think
" 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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Me
See
Think