Tommy Lee Quotes

When I first started playing in a band, before the Beatles, working bands played standards and they saved their rock material til the end of the night when they were really stretched out. It could be pretty lame.

I don't think rock 'n' roll is necessarily a young man's game.

I am the architect of rock n' roll. I have to be a fan of all its forms.

I never thought of myself as a rock singer. I was interested in songs like 'Heart Like a Wheel,' and I liked the others for about 15 minutes.

It's so cool to hear these DJs and younger artists that are coming around be like, 'Wow, we love your music.'

When I was around 13 years old, I started playing in bands and became obsessed with Blink-182 and Newfound Glory. I didn't pay attention to country music anymore; I wanted to do more pop rock stuff.

I really don't think that anybody's going to buy or not buy a Disturbed album and/or ticket because I am or am not wearing my labret piercings.

In my elementary days, I took a liking to rock & roll music. I dabbed into Marilyn Manson, which became my favorite.

Nowadays, people have an open mind vis-a-vis new artists like Meghan Trainor, Nico & Vinz, Hozier - there are hits coming out of everywhere.

When I was younger, and Iron Maiden and Def Leppard and all that stuff was coming out, I was learning all those songs and trying to play guitar and develop my chops. I was a big fan.

If hip-hop is dead, then let it rest in peace and let's move on to something else.

I think there are certain genres of music where people are allowed to go on, but there is something about rock and roll, I guess because it originally started out to be a teenage rebellion.

What did happen to rock music? I think there was a hip-hop takeover.

I was interested in music since I was 14 years old. What really got me started was the first Led Zeppelin album... absolutely.

The music industry is changing. You only hear a sprinkling of big names, but there are a lot of really wonderful young musicians with great voices and lyrical content who have refined their sound. They're up in here, so don't think they're not. There's this wealth of talent below the surface that's ready to explode.

I think the '70s was a much healthier period for music because people were more innovative and creative.

When Chuck Berry came along, what he did was more rock & roll than it was blues. It was more exciting. He was like the next step. I thought his first single, 'Maybellene,' was the greatest song in the world.

There's everybody in the world who is always trying, time and time again, to proclaim the death of rock, or hard rock and heavy metal. Not if I have anything to do with it, not if we have anything to do with it.

Well, rock used to be the only game in town in terms of radio and what the kids listen to. Now I think there was a big hip-hop takeover, and pop music, it became mechanical and computer-y.

With guitar, bass and drums, you've got limited horizons.

Technology has changed the way we think about music.

People have been saying rock is dead for years, but the reality is that it just falls out of favor with pop culture from time to time.

I've said this many times: Rock 'n' roll is this magnet for dysfunctional people who only know how to communicate through the medium of a live show.

I think rock 'n' roll, in a way, has been dead for a long time.

Guitar Player' was always the serious musician's magazine. They rarely catered to what was popular. They focused on innovative players.