Author Profile
Tommy Lee
1962 • Musician
60
Total Quotes
Collected Meditations
Showing 60 quotesOne of my favorite things in the world is to be seeing two people that are really old, still holding hands, still kissing.— Tommy Lee
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.— Tommy Lee
Phil Rudd from AC/DC was someone I really liked a lot... Not because I was dazzled by his playing ability - he was just a rock, y'know?— Tommy Lee
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.— Tommy Lee
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
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
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.— Tommy Lee
Being a drummer, I'm always like, 'Oh, that's got a funky beat. That's cool,' and I like to dance.— Tommy Lee
Drumming's pretty physical. We sit at the back of the stage getting beat up like a workhorse.— Tommy Lee
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.— Tommy Lee
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!'— Tommy Lee
Single's fun - you don't have to check in with your girl, but it's not easy. I do get lonely.— Tommy Lee
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
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.— Tommy Lee