I consider every drummer that ever played before me an…

I can't consider myself a drummer any more.

— Phil Collins

I played in a punk rock band in high school called the High Heel Flip Flops. I was the drummer. I played drums for,…

— Thomas Rhett

I was a drummer and I played the guitar.

— Jam Master Jay

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

— Buddy Rich

But, I don't think any arranger should ever write a drum part for a drummer because if a drummer can't create his own Interpretation…

— Buddy Rich

And, well of course, Count Basie, and I think all of the black bands of the late thirties and early forties, bands with real…

— Buddy Rich

To have everything written for you It's not really creating. That's why I think symphony drummers are so limited. They 're limited to exactly…

— Buddy Rich

But primarily, the drummer's supposed to sit back there and swing the band.

— Buddy Rich

I think the drummer should sit back there and play some drums, and never mind about the tunes. Just get up there and wail…

— Buddy Rich

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 learn how…

— Buddy Rich

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

— Buddy Rich

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

— Buddy Rich

Every drummer that had a name, had a name because of his individual playing. He didn't sound like anybody else, So everybody that I…

— Buddy Rich

My motivation for being a good drummer was born out of fear, which, in a way, seems so antithetical to what art should be.

— Damien Chazelle

I usually write from the rhythm section...If a drummer got a funky beat on some things - like a half-shuffle or a shuffle or…

— Miles Davis