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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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" One of my favorite things in the world is to be seeing two people that are really old, still holding hands, still kissing. "

Tommy Lee

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Seeing

" 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. "

Tommy Lee

See

Think

" 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! "

" 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. "

" The crowd is a pretty good indicator when it's good, because it's kind of a universal energy that gets passed around. "

" The quad toms are a completely different animal than the standard drum set/trap kit. Playing wise and stylistically, they are two different beasts. "

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

" John Bonham was probably the most influential in terms of playing style and timing. "

" I'm still that rowdy dude who has after-parties in his dressing room with a concert-sized PA system blasting away. "

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

" 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. "

" I really wanna get my paws on scoring a film. "

" 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. "

" Aerosmith's 'Rocks' is on the list of my top favorite albums of all time. "

" No, I don't have a problem with my temper. "

Tommy Lee

Problem

Temper

" No one really buys records anymore. You can look at sales and do that math real quick. Unfortunately, it's fast food in the music industry. People don't ingest full records anymore. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Every tour we do, everybody's always wondering, 'What's Tommy Lee going to do next? What new, wild and crazy thing is he going to come up with?' "

Tommy Lee

Always

Crazy

" 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. "

" 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. "

" You know what's weird, I just write to write, with no intention, I just write. "

" 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. "

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

" Our music will continue to have an impact in people's lives long after we finally call it quits. "

" If Trent Reznor calls and says he needs a drummer for his tour... I'm there. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

Tommy Lee

Baby

Time

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