Quotes by Tommy Lee

“The Radiohead record, The Bends is my all-time favorite record on the planet”

“Once the song is done and recorded, I like to go back and then cut the drums, because then I know exactly what the song needs, and what it doesn't need.”

“I was just reading some poetry, and it talked about how things start as one thing and change into another, and I just thought, what a great concept for a song.”

“I wrote it about a friend of mine who married his high school sweet heart. They had a baby together and one day, when the baby was about four months old, my friends wife was driving down the road b...”

“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.”

“Imagine how frustrating it is, being completely locked up and watching your family leave, your wife and children, and not being able to do anything about it.”

“You can rock shit as loud as you want, as hard as you want, but there's a soft side to every artist. You gotta have something more to say other than (throws up devil horns) YEEEEEEEAAAAHHHHHH! Ther...”

“We're only here for a short time, so might as well have a good time.”

“The old-timers thought, Well, fire's bad; we'll get rid of it. That was certainly a mistake. We have to get it back into the system somehow, in safe, controlled ways. That's what I'm into now.”

“Create turf, save water. Those are the two main principles. And, you know, keep everything alive. Maintain a game habitat. That's important so that you have an entire system at work. Cattle are goi...”

“I'm one of those people who feels that agriculture is a creative act. It's a very fine art — that's the way I approach it.”

“It makes me feel like a very special person, that I'm able to make my living with my imagination. I developed a big respect for my calling while I was in school, and it remains with me to this day.”

“I'm really concerned about the quality of education in the United States. I think it's going down, and I don't think we spend enough money on it. It's unhealthy for our society that we remove ourse...”

“I refuse to be pessimistic. I don't believe in it. I hope that we can find a way to keep from destroying the earth.”