Drummer Quotes · Page 3

I was a drummer, and I did a little singing too.

— Lou Gramm

“Somewhere there is a drummer calling to you too, and playing your special beat.”

— Pooja Ruprell

I am also a drummer of sorts. I've got an electronic set sitting in my bedroom.

— Gary Cole

Just because you're not a drummer doesn't mean you don't have to keep time.

— Thelonious Monk

We were the first group where the drummer was the front man.

— Dave Clark

Some of [drummers] drop time because they want to hear what you're doin'.

— Miles Davis

I was a groupie for a year and followed a band. I dated the drummer of the band.

— Malin Akerman

I'm a terrible drummer; I almost cannot play the guitar nor sax nor trumpet.

— Ryuichi Sakamoto

It's a pop album from a drummer's perspective but more importantly, 'Drummer' is the album I always wanted to hear growing up.

— G Flip

Being a drummer, I'm always like, 'Oh, that's got a funky beat. That's cool,' and I like to dance.

— Tommy Lee

Traditionally speaking, the three biggest twats in any band are the singer, the keyboardist and the drummer. I don't need to say…

— Noel Gallagher

I had trouble fitting in, in a musical sense. A lot of drummers get sidetracked by the instrument. It can engulf you.

— Tre Cool

A rock band used to be four guys and a drummer. Now it's five guys sitting around reading manuals!

— Bill Bruford

You can lead an uncommonly fine life. But it takes determination. You have to march to the beat of different drummer. You…

— Frederick Lenz

Even Angus says that Malcolm is a better guitarist than he is. He makes the drummer's job so easy, he's a metronome.

— Chris Slade

At our house, we'd always open presents with our Christmas records playing. 'Little Drummer Boy' was one of my favorites when I…

— Brian Stokes Mitchell

I joined Alcatrazz a month after I recorded 'Steeler.' The big difference between Steeler and Alcatrazz is that in Alcatrazz, I wrote…

— Yngwie Malmsteen

I think that the rhythm sections, drummers in particular, are the unsuing heroes of the music. It's the rhythm section that has…

— Max Roach

The Creator wants us to drum. He wants us to corrupt the world with drum, dance and chants. After all, we have…

— Babatunde Olatunji

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step…

— Henry David Thoreau

My mouth has a tendency to get me into trouble, but because I'm so small and I take on people who are…

— Brian Molko

The drummer in my first band was killed in Vietnam. He kind of signed up and joined the marines. Bart Hanes was…

— Bruce Springsteen

But Apple really beats to a different drummer. I used to say that Apple should be the Sony of this business, but…

— Steve Jobs

I can play a bunch of instruments but drums? My brothers a drummer and Ive always been jealous that hes such a…

— Nat Wolff

I started as a drummer, so I sort of took on singing duties by default. I had sung backgrounds and some lead…

— Chris Cornell

When I say I had a cosmic confidence that we were capable of writing good music, I'm speaking about that time when…

— Paul Banks

I used to go and do some sitting in with Robert Nighthawk when he were playing at the 708 Club in Chicago.…

— Junior Wells

As rich as you think some of us are, for every $18.99 CD you buy, the artist usually sees a toonie or…

— Steven Page

I got a drum set at the age of four. I wasn't playing that well, just kind of banging around. I just…

— Shuggie Otis

We haven't started playing it live yet but we're going to. And then 'Warpaint' is a song that's really, really close to…

— Theresa Wayman

You simply cannot give to the world all that you have to give to the world if you do not remain true…

— Mike Dooley

My first ones were The Young Rascals. I made out with Dino Danelli, the drummer, in the alley behind the City Auditorium.…

— Cassandra Peterson

I was always quite shy so I became a drummer.

— David Essex

I'm a terrible drummer. I can tune 'em pretty good, but I'm a pretty bad drummer.

— J. Robbins

I'm the drummer that kind of plays more on top of the beat.

— Tony Palermo

It doesn't matter what songs we sing. I'm a drummer. Chicks dig me.

— Larry Mullen, Jr

When I was thirteen I only wanted to be a drummer.

— Ringo Starr

The American drummer is a one-man percussion orchestra.

— Max Roach

I told people I was a drummer before I even had a set, I was a mental drummer.

— Keith Moon

I want to keep pushing the limits for drummers and expressing myself,

— Travis Barker