Drummer Quotes · Page 4

Sometimes I play guitar like a frustrated drummer.

— Hal Sparks

I think every band is a little cautious when the drummer starts to write tunes.

— Matt Cameron

Joe Morello, my dad was really into him and Little Richard's drummer.

— Jason Bonham

I'm the greatest rock and roll drummer on the planet and you suck.

— Tre Cool

As a drummer, you're always fighting for a level that you never quite attain.

— Damien Chazelle

I can only get my drummer in the winter; he plays with Grand Funk all summer.

— Bob Seger

You don't have to be a great drummer to be the most important guy in the band.

— Mike Portnoy

I actually wanted to be a drummer, but I didn't have any drums.

— Stevie Ray Vaughan

You're singing a song about making love to your drummer, well gay guitar pickers don't turn me on.

— Hank Williams, Jr

Plus I am being hounded by all the fabulous new drummers, Bill Stewart at the head of the pack.

— Bill Bruford

I've been watching a lot of Joan Didion interviews on YouTube. I love her. My drummer has gotten me into looking at…

— St. Vincent

Keith Moon is not interested in Jazz and won't ever be a Jazz drummer because he's more interested in looking good and…

— Pete Townshend

You can make yourself the greatest singer in the world or the best drummer in the world with the aid of technology.

— Dave Grohl

Actually, I wanted to be a musician, either a guitarist or a drummer. I guess my dreams were in the entertainment industry,…

— Israel Broussard

“But blasting the drummer into the river, though it would have been easy at this range, was not a good way to…

— Neal Stephenson

I read somewhere that drummers are practically Olympic athletes. I feel pretty good, most of the time. After 38 years, I can't…

— Michael Bland

I've always noticed that Old Families, like plumbers and barbers and possibly drummers and detectives, seem to have some kind of reciprocity…

— Celestine Sibley

I remember John walking on and starting to play, and my mouth sort of dropped open in disbelief at the power of…

— Cozy Powell

I had a drummer in my band who started teaching me tricks to come up with interesting rhythms. Because I don't come…

— Jens Lekman

I had a band when I was in middle school, but I was the drummer. I kind of thought if I was…

— Borns

Almost everything I've done, I've done through my own creativity. I don't think I ever had to listen to anyone else to…

— Buddy Rich

Every song I hear is me and every drummer plays for you.. somewhere there is connection. It's not the drums or the…

— Unkown

I think at one time every drummer wanted to play like Krupa or wanted to win a Gene Krupa drum contest. This…

— Buddy Rich

I had a drummer I really wanted to move to Nashville with me, and he's like, 'Naw, I can't go, man.' He…

— Jon Pardi

I met the guys at HeavyRoc through the drummer in St. Lucia, Nick Brown. He is Ben from The Knocks' cousin, and…

— St. Lucia

I have always tried to teach my players to be fighters. When I say that, I don't mean put up your dukes…

— Bear Bryant

You'd probably never recognize the drummer from your favorite band ever, if they walked past you on the street. I didn't even…

— Dominic Cooper

More than any other drummer, Ringo Starr changed my life. The impact and memory of that band on Ed Sullivan Show in…

— Max Weinberg

As a conscientious objector I did my community service in 1971 in a psychiatric hospital and a friend there, who also was…

— Michael Rother

It's hard to imagine the whole punk movement without The Velvet Underground. I toured with them when they did their reunion tour,…

— Dean Wareham

One of the greatest learning experiences I had was hanging out with Maureen Tucker from the Velvet Underground. There's a woman who…

— Glenn Kotche

If you go to Japan, they're still buying vinyl, and they want the education. They know who's playing on what tracks from…

— Lenny Kravitz

My names John Bonham, I'm a drummer and I'm potty about cars.

— John Bonham

Joe's been my drummer for 14 years, and we've been buddies for six years.

— John Mayall

I do like to look at female drummers, because I am one.

— Caroline Corr

“The dichotomy of a drummer: worshiped but forgotten.”

— C.M. Stunich

I'm a drummer. I can count to four and repeat.

— Tre Cool

A lot of times nerds are really artists listening to the beat of another drummer.

— Roseanne Barr

I was a hired drummer for 3 Doors; there wasn't an opportunity for me to write.

— Daniel Adair

If Trent Reznor calls and says he needs a drummer for his tour... I'm there.

— Tommy Lee