I'm the best live rock drummer. That's what I think of myself. That's who I am. I can't help it. — Phil Rudd Copy Share Image
Drummer, beat, and piper, blowHarper, strike, and soldier, goFree the flame and sear the grassesTil the dawning Red Star passes — Anne McCaffrey Copy Share Image
I really like working with drummers, I like being able to bounce ideas off drummers. — Thighpaulsandra Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a drummer but my brother Iggor was better at it, so I took up guitar instead. — Max Cavalera Copy Share Image
First and foremost I am a drummer. After that, I'm other things... But I didn't play drums to make money. — Ringo Starr Copy Share Image
I'm probably famous to the drummer kid that lives down the street from me, but that's about it. — Josh Freese Copy Share Image
My youngest son, who is now the drummer in my band, lives in Brooklyn. My oldest son is about to move out… — Herbie Mann Copy Share Image
That's what the drummer is supposed to do. Keep the time. If you can do something else besides that, fine. But the… — Elvin Jones Copy Share Image
There's only one drummer. We all travel to his beat. Well, I couldn't sing his song. Because for me, it wasn't a… — Barry McGuire Copy Share Image
My father had a perfectly good drummer who he had an argument with. So one day, on a Tuesday, my father came… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
A good groove releases adrenaline in your body. You feel uplifted, you feel centered, you feel calm, you feel powerful. You feel… — Mickey Hart Copy Share Image
In general, we like to play as a band - guitar, piano, and voice. We also tour with a bass player, a… — Andrew Dost Copy Share Image
I think you get to a point where you watch something just to enjoy it. I don't think it's really done so… — Charlie Watts Copy Share Image
Where I come from we say that rhythm is the soul of life, because the whole universe revolves around rhythm, and when… — Babatunde Olatunji Copy Share Image
I've always been the DJ or the bass player or the drummer, somebody in the background. I don't think anybody who knows… — Mayer Hawthorne Copy Share Image
Every drummer that had a name, had a name because of his individual playing. He didn't sound like anybody else, So everybody… — Buddy Rich Copy Share Image
I don't think I've ever met a drummer who didn't tell me that my dad was an influence. He's a tough act… — Jason Bonham Copy Share Image
Lars [Ulrich] of Metallica is one of the worst drummers I've ever heard, but they hide it because they spend millions recording. — Slim Moon Copy Share Image
LCD Soundsystem - they put the drummer in front. I always thought that was cool. Because the drummer is usually the guy… — Mike D Copy Share Image
Probably for drums, a guy I really enjoyed watching is Simon Phillips. I've seen him play with The Who and with Pete… — Michael Anthony Copy Share Image
Tons of people know me from Nine Inch Nails and A Perfect Circle, and they think I'm very goth. It's like, 'He's… — Josh Freese Copy Share Image
That's the thing that we said about the horn before: it's a focus issue. It's like a singer versus a drummer. If… — Charlie Hunter Copy Share Image
[For Before the Dawn] it was in the hands of a fantastic drummer and percussionist and who drove it into another moment… — Kate Bush Copy Share Image
I used to be a drummer in a band, and I really loved playing the drums, so I look forward to the… — Zedd Copy Share Image
Writing songs is an essential part of my life: my mother teaches piano, and I have inherited my grandparents' passion for music,… — Caleb Landry Jones Copy Share Image
I always say - half-joking but serious, too - that when little boys are day dreaming of cool-sounding jobs 'when they grow… — Josh Freese Copy Share Image
You are never, ever gonna get a drummer to dis another one. It's part of the drumming rules, as important as being… — Philip Selway Copy Share Image
Radical feminism, male lesbians, transsexuals, musical condoms with suspenders, and lotsa drummers drumming are all manifestations of a political agenda with roots… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
I'd just play 'til my hands fell off. My parents would yell at me to stop because they couldn't stand the noise… — Randy Castillo Copy Share Image
You know what, the drummer is my manager. He's busy. And I'm busy. I don't need the dough, though. But having said… — Aimee Mann Copy Share Image
I've been thankful to work with some wonderful people and sort of combine forces with some folks that... like in recent years,… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
I read a lot. I spend of lot time thinking. It actually looks like I'm doing nothing, but... hanging out with clever… — Al Murray Copy Share Image
But, I don't think any arranger should ever write a drum part for a drummer because if a drummer can't create his… — Buddy Rich Copy Share Image
People like Art Blakey and Buddy Rich, you look at them playing music, and it's just like looking at a heavy metal… — Damien Chazelle Copy Share Image
Puffy's the only guy who's jealous. All drummers want to be singers. I think it's a myth that the singer needs to… — Mike Patton Copy Share Image
I started out as a drummer, and when I was 9, my drum teacher had an album out. He was the rudiment… — Rick Nielsen Copy Share Image
In hindsight, if I could go back in time and relay a message to my younger self, I would tell him to… — Taylor Hawkins Copy Share Image
My first rock band was called Mike and the Majestics. I was about twelve, and my older sister Kathy was the manager.… — Michael McDonald Copy Share Image
I joined an all-girl band in Detroit and, although I was a pianist and drummer, I was asked to play bass because… — Suzi Quatro Copy Share Image
I play bass. I play a bit of guitar. I've never been to a lesson, so my theory of music is non-existent… — Thomas Sangster Copy Share Image
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