Tommy Lee quotes:

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 did the marching band all throughout junior high and high school. Music was one of my favorite things in school.

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 Radiohead record, The Bends is my all-time favorite record on the planet.

I think that when I did the Methods Of Mayhem record, some of the hip-hop stuff probably freaked a lot of Motley Crue fans out.

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 also did some jail time a few years ago. Spent a whole summer in jail reading books. I pumped a ton of new knowledge and new thinking into myself.

It sounds kind of strange, but Jail time was almost a good experience for me.

I still play but for some reason, I am having so much fun playing guitar and singing that I don't really miss it because I've done it for so long like twenty-something years with Motley.

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.

What I wanna do with Methods is keep that around as sorta my freak out, creative free for all- anything goes project.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Single's fun - you don't have to check in with your girl, but it's not easy. I do get lonely.

I lived up on Kanan and Mulholland. It's a bit of a drive, but once you get there, the horses, vineyards, it's just so peaceful.

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.

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.

I'm really a cool, mellow guy. I'm not as crazy as everybody thinks.

I start my own frat, and try out for the women's swim team.

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.

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.

Why is it that the hot chicks never can sing?

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.

There's no new news.

I got it: stay away from cocaine and heroin.

I am such a gearhead. In my recording studio, I personally engineer and edit everything on computers.

When I was a little kid, I took tap and ballet. I've always loved to dance. I'm a rhythm machine.

Sometimes when you have children they're the opposites of you.

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

The best thing about being rich is the freedom; freedom to do whatever you want whenever you want. It doesn't suck.

It's always interesting to me that we all hear music differently. It's an awesome experience to hear what other people hear.

But you know what I'm trying to say, it's that there's a couple of really dangerous drugs out there and I've lost some friends to them.

I don't have a problem with my temper.

I don't really put too much emphasis on what somebody else might think of it. Otherwise your putting limits on yourself.

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

I find that doing the drums last, coming from a drum history, really works well for me.

I hate rude behavior in a man. I won't tolerate it.

I just write... if it's really good, it's going on the record. If it's average, it's going in the trash.

I was just reading some poetry, and it talked about how things start as one thing and change into another, and I just thought, what a great concept for a song.

If it's successful and it sounds awesome, and looks killer live, then I guess I can pat myself on the back and take all the credit too.

I'm a hopeless fu**ing romantic. That's a part of me that a lot of people don't know about. They know everything there is to know about another part of me, but not a thing about my heart.'- Tommy Lee

I'm happy doing what I'm doing, and if you have that kind of attitude then everything else from there on is a bonus.

I'm not Superman. I can't handle all of these women.

Imagine how frustrating it is, being completely locked up and watching your family leave, your wife and children, and not being able to do anything about it.

It's all about the music. For me, that's truly what I live for. Just music constantly. Always listening to, writing, or playing music. That's definitely me.

Just because we are wearing lipstick doesn't mean we can't kick your ass!

Obviously, I'm a little more responsible these days.

Once the song is done and recorded, I like to go back and then cut the drums, because then I know exactly what the song needs, and what it doesn't need.

Sometimes when you cut your bed tracks right off the bat, you don't really know where the vocal is landing and where the background vocals are, and other loops and stuff that are going on.

That's the good part of having my past follow me, is that sometimes some of that stuff can help.

The only thing that's changed for me is that I've figured out a new way to do this; when I go to record, I like to do the drums last, if that makes any sense to you.

The record is definitely a musical journey. It's kind of all over the place, which I like.

There's Tommy, Tommy Lee the rock star, and Tommy the dad. I'm wearing several hats these days.

Well, some people die and then they sell more records, go figure.

When I got home from The Ozzfest in September 2000 with Methods... I just locked myself in my house and I started writing.

Whenever I write, I only write about what I know or what I have experienced or feeling.

You know what the most destructive force in the universe is? Regret.

You know what, I just write what I feel.

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