Obviously, I'm a little more responsible these days.

There's Tommy, Tommy Lee the rock star, and Tommy the dad. I'm wearing several hats these days.

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.

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.

You know what, I just write what I feel.

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

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.