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title: "3 Drum Quotes By Babatunde Olatunji"
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> [The evocative power of the drum can be compared to the Trinity. The drum's frame comes from the trunk of a tree,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/babatunde-olatunji/the-evocative-power-of-the-drum-can-be-compared-to-the-trinity-the/)

[Babatunde Olatunji](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/babatunde-olatunji/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0d/babatunde-olatunji-43853_animal_the-evocative-power-of-the-drum-can-be-c_42687.png)

> [The Creator wants us to drum. He wants us to corrupt the world with drum, dance and chants. After all, we have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/babatunde-olatunji/the-creator-wants-us-to-drum-he-wants-us-to-corrupt-the-world-with/)

[Babatunde Olatunji](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/babatunde-olatunji/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcf/babatunde-olatunji-43853_change_the-creator-wants-us-to-drum-he-wants-us_1233335.png)

> [The spirit of the drum is something that you feel but cannot put your hands on, It does something to you from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/babatunde-olatunji/the-spirit-of-the-drum-is-something-that-you-feel-but-cannot-put-your/)

[Babatunde Olatunji](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/babatunde-olatunji/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5d/babatunde-olatunji-43853_alive_the-spirit-of-the-drum-is-something-that_3115110.png)

## More by Babatunde Olatunji

> [The evocative power of the drum can be compared to the Trinity. The drum's frame comes from the trunk of a tree, and that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/babatunde-olatunji/the-evocative-power-of-the-drum-can-be-compared-to-the-trinity-the/)

[Babatunde Olatunji](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/babatunde-olatunji/)

> [I am that I am, I am beauty, I am peace, I am joy, I am one with Mother Earth. I am one with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/babatunde-olatunji/i-am-that-i-am-i-am-beauty-i-am-peace-i-am-joy-i-am-one-with-mother/)

[Babatunde Olatunji](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/babatunde-olatunji/)

> [The Creator wants us to drum. He wants us to corrupt the world with drum, dance and chants. After all, we have already corrupted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/babatunde-olatunji/the-creator-wants-us-to-drum-he-wants-us-to-corrupt-the-world-with/)

[Babatunde Olatunji](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/babatunde-olatunji/)

> [Every thing and every human action revolves in rhythm.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/babatunde-olatunji/every-thing-and-every-human-action-revolves-in-rhythm/)

[Babatunde Olatunji](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/babatunde-olatunji/)

> [Only indiscriminate love can make us free.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/babatunde-olatunji/only-indiscriminate-love-can-make-us-free/)

[Babatunde Olatunji](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/babatunde-olatunji/)

> [Where I come from we say that rhythm is the soul of life, because the whole universe revolves around rhythm, and when we get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/babatunde-olatunji/where-i-come-from-we-say-that-rhythm-is-the-soul-of-life-because-the/)

[Babatunde Olatunji](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/babatunde-olatunji/)

> [Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. And today? Today is a gift. That's why we call it the present.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/babatunde-olatunji/yesterday-is-history-tomorrow-is-a-mystery-and-today-today-is-a-gift-2/)

[Babatunde Olatunji](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/babatunde-olatunji/)

> [Drumming is the simplest thing that we can do to bring us together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/babatunde-olatunji/drumming-is-the-simplest-thing-that-we-can-do-to-bring-us-together/)

[Babatunde Olatunji](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/babatunde-olatunji/)

> [The spirit of the drum is something that you feel but cannot put your hands on, It does something to you from the inside…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/babatunde-olatunji/the-spirit-of-the-drum-is-something-that-you-feel-but-cannot-put-your/)

[Babatunde Olatunji](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/babatunde-olatunji/)

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