The majority of my training was as a drummer, and drummers…

It's much easier to have a diversified career as an electronic musician than it is as a drummer. Nothing against drummers. If you're a…

— Moby

Food and wine. Decide which is the soloist, which the accompanist.

— Michael Broadbent

My dad had even hired an accompanist to play for me on a piano. But he had never pushed me to music because I…

— Kim Basinger

I wanted to be a concert pianist at Carnegie Hall; that is what I wanted to do from really early on. I actually was…

— Kirsten Nelson

I looked at the job of piano accompanist. It's a selfless position and generally they are odd people, according to opera singers I talked…

— Simon Helberg

I did not want to be the accompanist to an operatic star. But I was at a very high level for a 16-year-old, and…

— Simon Helberg

I actually was the accompanist for a couple of the musicals I was in growing up.

— Kirsten Nelson

I was deeply impressed and moved by his masterful playing. He was highly polished, profound, subtle, and intense. He was extremely fluent in a…

— Pete La Roca

It's really fun to listen to other people and be an accompanist.

— Shawn Colvin

I think female drummers are great. I think there should more of them.

— Sean Kinney

I've played with the best drummers in rock, ranging from Josh Freese to Brooks Wackerman to even Dave Lombardo.

— Robert Trujillo

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

— Chad Smith

Like my best friend, I asked for drums for Christmas, and got them. But when he moved on to guitar, I realized two things:…

— Greg Iles

A lot of young drummers have a tendency to really overplay. Sometimes simple is better, and the notes that aren't played between the spaces…

— Vinnie Paul

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

— Peter Erskine