Scott Asheton was a brilliant drummer, a natural musician.

Because I was a chemistry student and was never supposed to be a musician, I always felt like I was an outsider looking at…

— David Lang

My father taught me to read music and play the piano-but not well, even though people have said that I'm a natural musician

— Ethel Merman

When I listened to Elvin Jones, man, for the first time I heard a drummer that had all the technique plus emotion, passion, feel,…

— Butch Trucks

I'm a pretty good drummer. I'm pretty good at guitar, bass and piano. I can play accordion; I'm not virtuoso. I've played cello before.…

— Brendon Urie

There is no roles. No one is keeping any roles. The drummer is also answering everybody and everything. So it is a constant conversation…

— Miroslav Vitous

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 a drummer's…

— Charlie Hunter

He's (Ringo Starr) not even the best drummer in the Beatles…

— Paul McCartney

Hip Nip just sounds groovy. A drummer laid it on me.

— Pat Morita

The drums have hogged a lot of the credit. We're as much -- or more -- *cymbal* players, as we are drummers.

— Peter Erskine

Hendrix rehearsed different drummers, before we met Mitch Mitchell.

— Noel Redding

I used to be a drummer in a band, and I really loved playing the drums, so I look forward to the right opportunity…

— Zedd

Imagine if you were a drummer, and you accidentally picked up two magic wands instead of sticks. There you are, keeping the beat, the…

— Mitch Hedberg

Metallica's the only band i've ever been in. I'm not sure that when it ends in five, ten years, I'm going to put an…

— Lars Ulrich

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