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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Tommy Lee

Phil Rudd from AC/DC was someone I really liked a lot... Not because I was dazzled by his playing ability - he…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Tommy Lee

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

— 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…

— Tommy Lee

The only thing that's changed for me is that I've figured out a new way to do this; when I go to…

— Tommy Lee

“If you show up late [for anger management], you don't get credit for the class, which made that car ride even more…

— Tommy Lee

Most drummers are covered with a million drums, and everyone is like, 'What are you doing back there?'

— Tommy Lee

My father lived by the philosophy, 'Be yourself, because everyone else is taken,' and he made sure I did, too. Whatever I…

— Tommy Lee

“I announced to everyone that I was embarking on a solo tour. Not a music tour, but a tour of drugs and…

— Tommy Lee

I take the best of all the styles I like and put them together in one package.

— Tommy Lee

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…

— Tommy Lee

The quad toms are a completely different animal than the standard drum set/trap kit. Playing wise and stylistically, they are two different…

— Tommy Lee

There are things you do that just come natural, and sometimes those are amazingly in synch, and sometimes they're horribly out of…

— Tommy Lee