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" The quad toms are a completely different animal than the standard drum set/trap kit. Playing wise and stylistically, they are two different beasts. "
Tommy Lee
Different
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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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" 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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" Drumming's pretty physical. We sit at the back of the stage getting beat up like a workhorse. "
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" 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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" I'm always getting injuries like bruised and bloody knuckles from catching a cymbal or the edge of a drum. "
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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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" I really wanna get my paws on scoring a film. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
Tommy Lee
Back
Just
Love
" 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. "
Tommy Lee
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Things
" 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. "
Tommy Lee
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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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Recording
Me
" It sounds kind of strange, but Jail time was almost a good experience for me. "
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" The older I get, the more I don't care what people think or what people say. I just do what moves 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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" 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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" The very first thing I look at on a woman is her toes. "
Tommy Lee
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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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High School
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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. "
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Know
You
" 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. "
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" Trust me: all of us walk around and look at each other, and without saying it, we all know we're thinking, 'Really dude? Were still here!' and pinch ourselves. Typically, careers have short life span, 10 years if you're lucky, so what we've done is amazing. "
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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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" 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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" The horses forced into the chuckwagon races die of heart attacks, broken necks, broken legs, and other injuries. It'd be easy to get off on western tradition without this bloody spectacle. Dude, it's the Old West, not ancient Rome! "
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" Our music will continue to have an impact in people's lives long after we finally call it quits. "
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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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" 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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" 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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Voice
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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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