Impact People Quotes by Tommy Lee

Drumming's pretty physical. We sit at the back of the stage getting beat up like a workhorse.

— 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.

— Tommy Lee

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

— Tommy Lee

“If there’s one genetic trait that automatically disqualifies a man from being able to rock, it’s curly hair. Nobody cool has curly hair; people…

— 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…

— Tommy Lee

I'm driven by music. It's in my blood, and I've never been able to stay away from it for too long.

— Tommy Lee

I didn't have the opportunity to go to college. I was busy touring since the age of 17.

— Tommy Lee

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…

— 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…

— Tommy Lee

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

— Tommy Lee

If you show up late, you don't get credit for the class, which made that car ride even more of a test of your…

— Tommy Lee

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…

— Tommy Lee

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

— Tommy Lee

“One day, after practice, he came up behind me, tapped me on the shoulder, and as I turned around, he sucker-punched me and relocated…

— Tommy Lee

It's so funny because no matter what you say, fans only read and hear what they want.

— Tommy Lee