Words matter. These are the best Tommy Lee Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
The drums are about gravity. Your hand naturally falls down on the drums as you hit them.
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.
The best thing about being rich is the freedom; freedom to do whatever you want whenever you want. It doesn’t suck.
There was a time when cowboys respected their horses instead of riding them to death just to show off for a crowd.
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.
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!’
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 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.
I love touring Canada, and our Calgary fans are among the roughest and toughest.
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.
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.
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.
Aerosmith’s ‘Rocks’ is on the list of my top favorite albums of all time.
One of my favorite things in the world is to be seeing two people that are really old, still holding hands, still kissing.
You know what’s weird, I just write to write, with no intention, I just write.
I didn’t have the opportunity to go to college. I was busy touring since the age of 17.
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.
The crowd is a pretty good indicator when it’s good, because it’s kind of a universal energy that gets passed around.
I don’t think anybody should ever touch anybody in anger, ever.
I take the best of all the styles I like and put them together in one package.
The very first thing I look at on a woman is her toes.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I was always impressed by some of the progressive styles of guys like Neil Peart.
Too many drummers sit at the back covered in drums, and you never see them.
It sounds kind of strange, but Jail time was almost a good experience for me.
When you’re playing upside down, it takes twice the strength.
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!
Being a drummer, I’m always like, ‘Oh, that’s got a funky beat. That’s cool,’ and I like to dance.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.’
The quad toms are a completely different animal than the standard drum set/trap kit. Playing wise and stylistically, they are two different beasts.
If Trent Reznor calls and says he needs a drummer for his tour… I’m there.
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.
The Radiohead record, The Bends is my all-time favorite record on the planet.
The older I get, the more I don’t care what people think or what people say. I just do what moves me.
It’s so funny because no matter what you say, fans only read and hear what they want.
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.
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.
I really wanna get my paws on scoring a film.
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.
Whatever we do as a band, none of us can do as individuals. We all know that, whatever we have gone through with each other and as a band.
I did the marching band all throughout junior high and high school. Music was one of my favorite things in school.
Our music will continue to have an impact in people’s lives long after we finally call it quits.
By the age of 17, for me, we had got an recording contract, and, boom, I was gone.
