Tommy Lee (Thomas Lee Bass) Quotes

The only thing that's changed for me is that I've figured out a new way to do this; when I go to record, I like to do the drums last, if that makes any sense to you.

Tommy Lee Mötley Crüe

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• Those who survived the San Francisco earthquake said, 'Thank God, I'm still alive.' But, of course, those who died, their lives will never be the same again.

  

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• There's always hunger to create because I believe that's what I do. I believe that's what I'm supposed to be doing.

  

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• The comic is the perception of the opposite; humor is the feeling of it.

  

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• The fitness builds the foundation for me as an actor to have clarity. Fitness has always been the base of where I start off as a performer.

  

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• The only thing that's changed for me is that I've figured out a new way to do this; when I go to record, I like to do the drums last, if that makes any sense to you.

  

  Tommy Lee Mötley Crüe
  • Changed
  • Record
  • New Way