Drummer Quotes · Page 4

I always resented the role of a drummer as nothing more than a subservient figure.

— Max Roach

If Trent Reznor calls and says he needs a drummer for his tour... I'm there.

— Tommy Lee

I started an all-girl punk band when I was 14, and I was the drummer, not the singer.

— Bjork

“The dichotomy of a drummer: worshiped but forgotten.”

— C.M. Stunich

I do like to look at female drummers, because I am one.

— Caroline Corr

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

— Dave Grohl

My names John Bonham, I'm a drummer and I'm potty about cars.

— John Bonham

I actually wanted to be a drummer, but I didn't have any drums.

— Stevie Ray Vaughan

My drummer, Gene Lake, is Oliver Lake's son. So I certainly have wide tastes, in not only what I listen to, but…

— David Sanborn

If you call someone up on a mistake - if the drummer's put an extra beat in a bar or something -…

— Steve Winwood

“Are you gonna sit back there and whack off or are you gonna give us a count? It's me and you to…

— Shari Copell

I envy drummers. It must be the ultimate to sing and play drums at the same time. Phil Collins, no wonder he's…

— Noel Gallagher

My friend Fred Coury, the drummer in '80s rock band Cinderella, told me that in the rock world, you're either still there,…

— Steve Valentine

I'm not the fastest drummer in the world, but I'm very into dynamics and knowing that there's space in between the notes…

— John Densmore

We have big limitations by not having a drummer. It instantly informs a lot of our musical decisions when it comes to…

— Ted Dwane

It was that famous joke: What's the last thing the drummer said before he got kicked out of the band? 'Hey, I…

— Dave Grohl

The Creator wants us to drum. He wants us to corrupt the world with drum, dance and chants. After all, we have…

— Babatunde Olatunji

Mankind are in the end always governed by superiority of intellectual faculties, and none are more sensible of this than the military…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

To women, drummers seem like these adorable, sexy Neanderthals, and lead singers seem mysterious and dangerous. So while the lead singers all…

— Dave Grohl

The drummer in my first band was killed in Vietnam. He kind of signed up and joined the marines. Bart Hanes was…

— Bruce Springsteen

The drummer is definitely the hidden hero of a band they really hold the music together. It's actually a really difficult job,…

— Dominic Cooper

I started The Runaways with Sandy West. We shared the dream of girls playing rock and roll. Sandy was an exuberant and…

— Joan Jett

We had an incident back in 2001 where our drummer threw out a drumstick into the crowd and it hit someone in…

— Wayne Static

I listened to Buddy Rich a lot, and also to guys like Clive Bunker, the original drummer from Jethro Tull. All these…

— Marky Ramone

You don't have to be a great drummer to be the most important guy in the band.

— Mike Portnoy

Joe's been my drummer for 14 years, and we've been buddies for six years.

— John Mayall

I can only get my drummer in the winter; he plays with Grand Funk all summer.

— Bob Seger

As a drummer, you're always fighting for a level that you never quite attain.

— Damien Chazelle

I think every band is a little cautious when the drummer starts to write tunes.

— Matt Cameron

Joe Morello, my dad was really into him and Little Richard's drummer.

— Jason Bonham

If you only play metal, it's going to be very apparent that you're a one-dimensional drummer.

— Joey Jordison

“Crazy is such a misunderstood term. I like to think that I march to the beat of my own drummer.”

— Eva Sloan

Sometimes I play guitar like a frustrated drummer.

— Hal Sparks

It's not often that an English drummer gets an Oscar. So I'm very, very proud of that.

— Phil Collins

I want to keep pushing the limits for drummers and expressing myself,

— Travis Barker

I told people I was a drummer before I even had a set, I was a mental drummer.

— Keith Moon

The American drummer is a one-man percussion orchestra.

— Max Roach

When I was thirteen I only wanted to be a drummer.

— Ringo Starr

I've always identified myself as a drummer first and foremost - I'm pretty obsessed with rhythm.

— Glenn Kotche

With all due respect to the world's great drummers - it ain't brain surgery.

— Micky Dolenz