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" The Radiohead record, The Bends is my all-time favorite record on the planet. "
Tommy Lee
Radiohead
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" You know what's weird, I just write to write, with no intention, I just write. "
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" I've loved roller coasters since I was a kid. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" 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 have a problem with my temper. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" 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. "
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" John Bonham was probably the most influential in terms of playing style and timing. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" 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 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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" Aerosmith's 'Rocks' is on the list of my top favorite albums of all time. "
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" 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. "
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" 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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