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
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
I’m always getting injuries like bruised and bloody knuckles from catching a cymbal or the edge of a drum. – Tommy Lee
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. – Tommy Lee
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. – Tommy Lee
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. – 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
I did the marching band all throughout junior high and high school. Music was one of my favorite things in school. – Tommy Lee
It’s always interesting to me that we all hear music differently. It’s an awesome experience to hear what other people hear. – Tommy Lee
Going through life solo isn’t very exciting if you can’t share it with somebody, you know? – 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
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. – Tommy Lee
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. – Tommy Lee
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. – Tommy Lee
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. – Tommy Lee
I am such a gearhead. In my recording studio, I personally engineer and edit everything on computers. – 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
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. – Tommy Lee
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. – Tommy Lee
I’m still that rowdy dude who has after-parties in his dressing room with a concert-sized PA system blasting away. – 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
