Drummer Quotes · Page 5

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

If someone said, 'What was anything you could wish for,' it would have been to have Donald Tardy in my band as…

— Andrew W.K

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

Psy Free was a trio consisting of guitar, organ and drums. I was the drummer. We did what the name suggests: psychedelic,…

— Klaus Schulze

I pretty much isolated myself away from drums. I stopped looking at Modern Drummer, I stopped looking at websites.

— Eric Hernandez

I was the drummer in a band called Hemsworth for a brief stint, too - it was not very great. I didn't…

— Ryan Hemsworth

But I think that any young drummer starting out today should get himself a great teacher and learn all there is to…

— Buddy Rich

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

— Wayne Static

The public wants a great product, but they also want more layers of value. So it's lifestyle, it's takeaway, it's entertainment. It's…

— RuPaul

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

— Marky Ramone

I joined Alcatrazz a month after I recorded 'Steeler.' The big difference between Steeler and Alcatrazz is that in Alcatrazz, I wrote…

— Yngwie Malmsteen

I was drawn to it much to my father's dismay. He wanted me to be a pianist like he was, but I…

— Miguel Ferrer

I have to give my family credit for putting up with the racket, because as some of you may know, its not…

— Max Weinberg

“Sky. Hope mixed with horror as I searched for Zed, quessing he would not have let his soulfinder walk into this situation…

— Joss Stirling

I'm a pretty good drummer. I'm pretty good at guitar, bass and piano. I can play accordion; I'm not virtuoso. I've played…

— Brendon Urie

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

There is no music unless the drum and the drummer are one.

— e. e. cummings

Hendrix rehearsed different drummers, before we met Mitch Mitchell.

— Noel Redding

Some people march to the beat of a different drummer. And some people tango!

— Azgraybebly Josland

I consider every drummer that ever played before me an influence, in every way.

— Buddy Rich

Certain drummers drop time, and I like to play on top of the beat.

— Miles Davis

Before you can follow your own drummer, you have to hear the drummer.

— Srikumar Rao

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

— Phil Collins

Age 10. I joined the school marching band as a drummer.

— Adrian Belew

My dad was a drummer and would always have music on around the house.

— Bree Runway

Even when I go do comedy stuff live, I can still feel the drummer in me about to go onstage.

— Fred Armisen

I'm a bass player and I'm a drummer - I'm a big fan of bass players.

— DJ Premier

Most studios in Memphis had a house set of drums; the drummers just brought their own sticks.

— Steve Cropper

Most of it was nuts, but I was determined to be a drummer as soon as I left school.

— John Bonham