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93 Top Tommy Lee Quotes

Famous As: Founding Member of the Heavy Metal Band 'Mötley Crüe'
Born On: 1962
Born In: Athens, Greece
Founder / Co Founder: Mötley Crüe, Methods of Mayhem
Age: 62 Years
Tommy Lee Bass is a celebrated Greek-American heavy metal musician. He is renowned as the founder and drummer of the metallic band, ‘Motley Crue’. Lee started his music career with a band ‘Suite 19’ and played the Sunset trip during the early 1970s. He later founded ‘Motley Crue’ along with Nikki Sixx and that is when he was named ‘T-bone’. It did not take much time for this band to grab the attention of music lovers. This band released few top selling albums including ‘Girls, Girls, Girls’ and ‘Dr.Feelgood’. They also have few single hits in their kitty which include ‘Shout at the Devil’ and ‘Theatre Pain’. Apart from band music, Lee also had few single hits that include ‘Never a Dull Moment’ and ‘Blue’. Following is a collection of thoughts and views by the amazingly gifted musician which has been assimilated from his work, life, tweets, interviews and public utterances. Go through the quotes and thoughts by Tommy Lee that will surely rock your world.
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Just because we are wearing lipstick doesn't mean we can't kick your ass!

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

Tommy Lee
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 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

Tommy Lee
When you're playing upside down, it takes twice the strength.

When you're playing upside down, it takes twice the strength.

Tommy Lee

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.

Tommy Lee
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.

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.

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

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

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

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

Tommy Lee
The older I get, the more I don't care what people think or what people say. I just do what moves me.

The older I get, the more I don't care what people think or what people say. I just do what moves me.

Tommy Lee
The very first thing I look at on a woman is her toes.

The very first thing I look at on a woman is her toes.

Tommy Lee
So there we were shooting Jack Daniels into our veins, like what the fuck we can just drink it.

So there we were shooting Jack Daniels into our veins, like what the fuck we can just drink it.

Tommy Lee
One of my favorite things in the world is to be seeing two people that are really old, still holding hands, still kissing.

One of my favorite things in the world is to be seeing two people that are really old, still holding hands, still kissing.

Tommy Lee

The horses forced into the chuckwagon races die of heart attacks, broken necks, broken legs, and other injuries. It'd be easy to get off on western tradition without this bloody spectacle. Dude, it's the Old West, not ancient Rome!

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

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

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.

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
On Ecstasy, Joan Rivers looks like Pamela Anderson, so imagine what Pamela Anderson looked like.

On Ecstasy, Joan Rivers looks like Pamela Anderson, so imagine what Pamela Anderson looked like.

Tommy Lee
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.

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.

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

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

Tommy Lee
There was one dude in a jeans jacket who I swear to God shit in his pants when all of a sudden I was inches away from his face playing drums in the air.

There was one dude in a jeans jacket who I swear to God shit in his pants when all of a sudden I was inches away from his face playing drums in the air.

Tommy Lee
I really wanna get my paws on scoring a film.

I really wanna get my paws on scoring a film.

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.

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
We thought we had elevated animal behavior to an art form. But then we met Ozzy.

We thought we had elevated animal behavior to an art form. But then we met Ozzy.

Tommy Lee
The angry man will defeat Himself in battle As well as in life.

The angry man will defeat Himself in battle As well as in life.

Tommy Lee
Our music will continue to have an impact in people's lives long after we finally call it quits.

Our music will continue to have an impact in people's lives long after we finally call it quits.

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

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

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

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

Tommy Lee
But what everybody always loved Mötley Crüe for was being a fucking decadent band: for being able to walk in a room and inhale all the alcohol, girls, pills, and trouble in sight.

But what everybody always loved Mötley Crüe for was being a fucking decadent band: for being able to walk in a room and inhale all the alcohol, girls, pills, and trouble in sight.

Tommy Lee

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.

Tommy Lee
If Trent Reznor calls and says he needs a drummer for his tour... I'm there.

If Trent Reznor calls and says he needs a drummer for his tour... I'm there.

Tommy Lee
I was never one for the passenger seat. I have always wanted my level of entertainment and showmanship to be the same as a frontman.

I was never one for the passenger seat. I have always wanted my level of entertainment and showmanship to be the same as a frontman.

Tommy Lee
No, I don't have a problem with my temper.

No, I don't have a problem with my temper.

Tommy Lee