Drummer Quotes · Page 12

Writing songs is an essential part of my life: my mother teaches piano, and I have inherited my grandparents' passion for music,…

— Caleb Landry Jones

To me, there was no better drummer than Jeff Porcaro. His musicianship and kindness to me will never be forgotten. Our loss…

— Richard Marx

Even though I'm a jazz-trained drummer, I cut my teeth playing rock.

— Jimmy Chamberlin

I got a drum set at the age of four. I wasn't playing that well, just kind of banging around. I just…

— Shuggie Otis

I'm not a singer who plays a bit of drums. I'm a drummer that sings a bit.

— Phil Collins

I would like, with the sun shining through the window on a crisp early-autumnal mid-morning, with a sufficiency of Monster Cappucino flowing…

— Robert Fripp

Anybody can be a drummer.

— Angie Dickinson

I hope people just enjoy the music. I'm not worried about any sort of legacy. Whether people view me more as the…

— Glenn Kotche

I can't get anything out of an orchestra if I have the 10 best guitarists, but I don't have a pianist or…

— Manuel Pellegrini

I love being a drummer but I love being a musician in general and I love the Foo fighters.

— Dave Grohl

Every man must walk to the beat of his own drummer.

— Henry David Thoreau

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

— Buddy Rich

I read a lot. I spend of lot time thinking. It actually looks like I'm doing nothing, but... hanging out with clever…

— Al Murray

A tap dancer is really a frustrated drummer.

— Eleanor Powell

The drummer; he inspired me to play like no one else I have ever met.

— Chet Baker

Drummers - sometimes they play and they listen. And that little listen takes a speck away from the right tempo.

— Miles Davis

Being the drummer of Fall Out Boy, and any other project I've ever done, is most importantly about playing for the music.…

— Andy Hurley

My first rock band was called Mike and the Majestics. I was about twelve, and my older sister Kathy was the manager.…

— Michael McDonald

I'm the drummer that kind of plays more on top of the beat.

— Tony Palermo

Tons of people know me from Nine Inch Nails and A Perfect Circle, and they think I'm very goth. It's like, 'He's…

— Josh Freese

Every drummer I've ever spoken to or read an interview with - my dad is always in their top three. I'm honored…

— Jason Bonham

The polarity of Mitch Mitchell and Moe Tucker offers a pretty good understanding of what a drummer's role is.

— Fab Moretti

I don't think there's such a thing as a 'best' drummer.

— Mike Portnoy

I was a jazz drummer, and it was my life for a while: what I lived and breathed every day.

— Damien Chazelle

I love to go see live music. That used to be what I would do, almost every other night, and watch drummers…

— Patty Schemel