I love playing the drums - I really get a lot out of it…

I started playing the drums when I was 10 years old, I think because it was fun. And then when I hit adolescence around…

— Mitchell Joachim

A drummer's playing with all their limbs, you're playing polyrhythms with each part of your body. Every part of the drumkit is a separate…

— G Flip

There was always a guitar hanging around the house when I was a kid. It was a much lower impact instrument than me playing…

— John Rzeznik

“Let each man hear his own music and live by it. The drums roll one way for one man, and another way for another.…

— Audie Murphy

I've always loved the mixture of crushing live drums with a programmed groove, that really cool blend, like in the verse there's a really…

— Tommy Lee

I started playing drums in multiple bands, then became a wedding drummer while studying drums in college, and after became a touring session drummer…

— G Flip

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 me because…

— Theresa Wayman

Playing drums feels like coming home for me. Even during the White Stripes I thought: 'I'll do this for now, but I'm really a…

— Jack White

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

People who don't take care of their drums really annoy me.

— John Bonham

I play the drums really, really badly.

— Ted Dwane

If you listen to a lot of old funk records, the drums are really small. But you don't perceive it like that because the…

— Lenny Kravitz

I grew up with my parents always listening to rock music. My dad wanted me to play guitar, but I always had more of…

— Murda Beatz

I like drums, really, if they're under control.

— Earl Scruggs

I like actual songs and bands, but it's usually parts, like the production, the bassline, the drums, that I'm really attracted to.

— Sue Tompkins