Tommy Lee (Thomas Lee Bass) Quotes

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 Mötley Crüe

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• The bad reviews get to me, believe me.

  

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• Death may simply be an alteration in consciousness, a transition for continued life in a nonmaterial form.

  

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• I get embarrassed a lot of times getting attention, but I like being onstage. Do you know what I mean? If I'm in a crowd of people and they're all looking at me, I will feel embarrassed. It's a strange dichotomy.

  

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• It's tricky when you're doing a recording, because the only weapon you have is your voice and the delivery of that voice. You don't have a gesture or a facial expression, there are no costumes or set pieces. Everything needs to be present in the voice.

  

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• I don't want to expose my personal life. It's best that people know me for my work. My family doesn't want to be surrounded by cameras. We want to live like any other family.

  

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• 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 Mötley Crüe
  • High School
  • Traveling
  • Recording