The electric guitar meant that you could have a band with a drummer and a couple of guitars. And that put a… — Keith Richards Copy Share Image
I know I live in the shadow of the greatest drummer in the world, so it's nice to have a bit of… — Jason Bonham Copy Share Image
I fell in love with music at 13-years-old. I wanted to be a singer at first and a drummer. Then I fell… — Juicy J Copy Share Image
At heart I cannot accept that I am a well-known rock 'n' roll star and one of the greatest drummers in the… — Keith Moon Copy Share Image
Drummers are conductors - we set the pace for the music - so if you're not relaxed and feeling right, the whole… — Steven Adler Copy Share Image
I had a rock and roll band as a kid. What I wanted to be in was a country band, but in… — Keith Whitley Copy Share Image
I want to be 'Jimmy Chamberlin, the drummer, the musician who's done many things,' not just 'that guy from the Smashing Pumpkins.' — Jimmy Chamberlin Copy Share Image
I don't consider myself a great drummer. I consider myself just a music fan that's a very, very passionate artist, and the… — Mike Portnoy Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I recall improvisational drummer and composer Michael Evans telling me a story of someone who had the opportunity to meet Cage and… — David Grubbs Copy Share Image
As rich as you think some of us are, for every $18.99 CD you buy, the artist usually sees a toonie or… — Steven Page Copy Share Image
I'd really like having a couple days of being a rock star, although I'd rather be a backup - like maybe the… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
In jazz, you listen to what the bass player is doing and what the drummer is doing, what the pianist and the… — David Amram Copy Share Image
I can tell you who I'd like to work with as far as rock legends. Definitely Dave Grohl from the Foo Fighters.… — B.o.B Copy Share Image
No acting, no production, could take the place of that moment when you come out in the dark on to the stage… — Ken Stott Copy Share Image
I've always created solo work. When I first came to New York I was working in a few different areas; I was… — Guillermo E. Brown Copy Share Image
A great way to get your rhythm playing together is to work with a drummer, preferably someone that has a good groove… — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share Image
My motivation for being a good drummer was born out of fear, which, in a way, seems so antithetical to what art… — Damien Chazelle Copy Share Image
Well, everybody's a drummer, I'll tell you that right now. Everybody knows what's right rhythmically for a song, so there were always… — Sam Fogarino Copy Share Image
I had a really nice association with Richie DeRosa, a great musician, a great drummer and composer and arranger. And I had… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
I can deal with your judgment, because I've always marched to the beat of my own drummer--ever since i cut my camp… — Hannah Copy Share Image
Ronnie Spector's hair was taller and meaner and scarier than all four Shangri-La's combined, plus the drummer from the Honeycombs. You just… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
One of the reasons I needed to leave Dream Theater was because I didn't want to end my career as just the… — Mike Portnoy Copy Share Image
I grabbed my drummer's cymbal in my teeth just as he crashed down on it with his sticks-I blacked out. I was… — Meredith Brooks Copy Share Image
The drum is the heart of music. The saxophone can play and then rest, as can all of them except the drums;… — Jo Jones Copy Share Image
Playing drums feels like coming home for me. Even during the White Stripes I thought: 'I'll do this for now, but I'm… — Jack White Copy Share Image
A guitarist or a drummer can get a cold and still play; I get a cold and sound like a wet mitten… — Tori Amos Copy Share Image
I was born and grew up in the Deep South, and I must say it wasn't easy for me. I always marched… — Steve Young Copy Share Image
I try to keep my ear to the streets without sacrificing who I am as an artist. If a song needs a… — Teena Marie Copy Share Image
It continues to be bittersweet, in the way that part of me wants to say 'I wish I wasn't there at all.'… — Josh Freese Copy Share Image
Once I had defined myself as a compositional drummer, I thought, "Well, I want to be an improvisational drummer." — Neil Peart Copy Share Image
My role in AC/DC is to keep time and to drive the band as much as I can. That's a drummer's role… — Chris Slade Copy Share Image
I love drag, and I love people who gravitate toward it. Because the people who do drag are people who dance to… — RuPaul Copy Share Image
I have an erratic drummer for anybody who's just listening to this, he can keep time, but just in spurts. — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
If you have a drummer who alternates between fast and slow drumming, it can negatively affect the music. — Yasmine Hamdan Copy Share Image
I was a drummer for 20-some years before I had to sell my drums to move to Los Angeles. Once I got… — Jani Lane Copy Share Image
My drummer is my favorite drummer in the world, and he also happens to be the funniest person you'll meet. — Aaron Bruno Copy Share Image
I was working at this club in downtown L.A. from four to eight at night, just Eddie Rubin, the drummer, and I. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I started out as a drummer, and when I was 9, my drum teacher had an album out. He was the rudiment… — Rick Nielsen Copy Share Image
As a composer I approached the drums differently than a non-composing drummer. I embraced drum machines. — Phil Collins Copy Share Image
