Drummer Quotes · Page 8

Drummers - sometimes they play and they listen. And that little listen takes a speck away from the right tempo.

— Miles Davis

In 1962 I wrote for 'Jazz News,' using the pseudonym Manfred Manne, which I picked because of a jazz drummer with that…

— Manfred Mann

If you have a great band with a mediocre drummer, you have a mediocre band. If you have a mediocre band with…

— Duke Ellington

I first went on the road with the Rolling Stones in the year of our Lord, 1969. But my grandfather gave me…

— Bobby Keys

The drummer's always going to be there. They're the floor of the whole deal and everyone can stand up on you.

— Ringo Starr

How come drummers leave their drumsticks on the dashboard of their car? So they can park in the handicapped spaces.

— Dave Grohl

I was the drummer hiding behind the cymbals. By the time fame came along, I'd worked in the business for a decade,…

— David Essex

I started an all-girl punk band when I was 14, and I was the drummer, not the singer.

— Bjork

No acting, no production, could take the place of that moment when you come out in the dark on to the stage…

— Ken Stott

I've always created solo work. When I first came to New York I was working in a few different areas; I was…

— Guillermo E. Brown

One of the things I don't like about drum solos is a lot of times, if it's a written drum solo its…

— John Dolmayan

[Eddie Locke] had a huge impact in my life. He was a great jazz drummer. He was mentored by Papa Joe Jones…

— Jon Gordon

I can play a bunch of instruments but drums? My brother's a drummer and I've always been jealous that he's such a…

— Nat Wolff

I started playing instruments before I started making beats, and I was never the best guitarist or the best pianist or the…

— Russ

I'd really like having a couple days of being a rock star, although I'd rather be a backup - like maybe the…

— Stephenie Meyer

“That’s a drummer’s love story. If you want a prettier one, you’ll be waiting forever. If you could separate your body into…

— Anonymous

I love being a drummer but I love being a musician in general and I love the Foo fighters.

— Dave Grohl

I was a drummer in the bugle band in cadets. I marched. It's probably quite funny to look back on it.

— Gordon Lightfoot

I march to a different drummer, whose location, identity, and musical training haven't yet been established.

— Ashleigh Brilliant

People project their own dreams, fantasies, and prejudices onto my life. So people are either fans, or jealous, or disagree. Everybody marches…

— Hugh Hefner

If you drum open handed, you automatically look like a better/cooler drummer than every other drummer.

— Christopher Mintz Plasse

I can't get anything out of an orchestra if I have the 10 best guitarists, but I don't have a pianist or…

— Manuel Pellegrini

Live with your memories and keep them as memories and that’s great. Forget the bad times just remember the good ones and…

— Roger Meddows Taylor

If you mess around with jazz, you better have a good drummer and a good bass player.

— Gunther Schuller

I love to go see live music. That used to be what I would do, almost every other night, and watch drummers…

— Patty Schemel

Psy Free was a trio consisting of guitar, organ and drums. I was the drummer. We did what the name suggests: psychedelic,…

— Klaus Schulze

I pretty much isolated myself away from drums. I stopped looking at Modern Drummer, I stopped looking at websites.

— Eric Hernandez

It was that famous joke: What's the last thing the drummer said before he got kicked out of the band? 'Hey, I…

— Dave Grohl

Average band with a great drummer sounds great, great band with an average drummer sounds average.

— Buddy Rich

The majority of my training was as a drummer, and drummers are basically accompanists.

— Z'EV

Being a drummer definitely influences how I play guitar. And then piano influences drumming and vice versa.

— Matt Skiba

But I think that any young drummer starting out today should get himself a great teacher and learn all there is to…

— Buddy Rich

Bass players and drummers are brothers in the basement cooking up the groove that makes people move.

— John Densmore

I was the drummer in a band called Hemsworth for a brief stint, too - it was not very great. I didn't…

— Ryan Hemsworth

“Drummer, beat, and piper, blow, Harper, strike, and soldier, go. Free the flame and sear the grasses Till the dawning Red Star…

— Anne McCaffrey

They're simply following what was laid down in front and they play the same thing. So, there's no great challenge In being…

— Buddy Rich

I started out as a drummer, and now play with a back-to-basics rock band called the 'Luddites.' I'm happiest when I'm behind…

— Rick Astley

People who come up to me are drummers or fans of the band. I don't get it too much, but I'll be…

— Chad Smith

When I speak of natural drummers I'm talking about guys that are playing with the talent God gave 'em.

— Gene Krupa

The polarity of Mitch Mitchell and Moe Tucker offers a pretty good understanding of what a drummer's role is.

— Fab Moretti