Drummer Quotes · Page 9

I'm the best live rock drummer. That's what I think of myself. That's who I am. I can't help it.

— Phil Rudd

First and foremost I am a drummer. After that, I'm other things... But I didn't play drums to make money.

— Ringo Starr

I'm probably famous to the drummer kid that lives down the street from me, but that's about it.

— Josh Freese

That's what the drummer is supposed to do. Keep the time. If you can do something else besides that, fine. But the…

— Elvin Jones

My youngest son, who is now the drummer in my band, lives in Brooklyn. My oldest son is about to move out…

— Herbie Mann

I don't think I've ever met a drummer who didn't tell me that my dad was an influence. He's a tough act…

— Jason Bonham

I really like working with drummers, I like being able to bounce ideas off drummers.

— Thighpaulsandra

I wanted to be a drummer but my brother Iggor was better at it, so I took up guitar instead.

— Max Cavalera

I was a Green Day guy because the first DVD I bought was Green Day's 'Bullet In A Bible,' the live album.…

— Ashton Irwin

There is no way I would play guitar like a tour de force like I did in Led Zeppelin. John Bonham, phenomenal…

— Jimmy Page

I don't enjoy "Dust in the Wind"as much. But I do enjoy "Song for America," "Carry on, Wayward Son," and many songs-…

— Phil Ehart

I don't care about technique. I have kind of been pigeonholed as a technical drummer since I was in Dream Theater for…

— Mike Portnoy

The end result of my personal story is that I became a really good drummer, and I know myself well enough to…

— Damien Chazelle

What’s wrong?” asked Seth, seeing my frown. “That new drummer. Alec. He hit on me earlier, and now he’s moving in on…

— Richelle Mead

When I produce a record, I roll up my sleeves; I'm not one of those passive guys. I really get in there…

— David Foster

Metallica's the only band i've ever been in. I'm not sure that when it ends in five, ten years, I'm going to…

— Lars Ulrich

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

Lars [Ulrich] of Metallica is one of the worst drummers I've ever heard, but they hide it because they spend millions recording.

— Slim Moon

Probably for drums, a guy I really enjoyed watching is Simon Phillips. I've seen him play with The Who and with Pete…

— Michael Anthony

LCD Soundsystem - they put the drummer in front. I always thought that was cool. Because the drummer is usually the guy…

— Mike D

Frankly, I'm a drummer; and when I wanted to let off steam, I would just go and beat the hell out of…

— Bob Crane

My soul is that of a drummer… I didn't do it to become rich and famous. I did it because it was…

— Ringo Starr

I wanted to be Jimi Hendrix's drummer when I was in high school, but I graduated in 1970, the year he died.

— Narada Michael Walden

I don't play beats. I hate playing beats. I'm an orchestration drummer. I'm a musical drummer.

— Bill Ward

I was thrilled to hear Mick Jones wanted me to be involved in celebrating 40 years of Foreigner. I spent three years…

— Jason Bonham

Ringo isn't the best drummer in the world. He isn't even the best drummer in the Beatles

— Anonymous

I like to be one of those drummers who actually add to the music, not one of those guys who sit in…

— Dave Lombardo

I did pull out my old Telecaster, and have been thinking I'd like to play that loud with a drummer. But I…

— Bill Orcutt

I've always liked to be the kind of drummer and musician who likes to go outside of what's expected of me.

— Matt Cameron

I don't want people to think that I think I'm this great drummer because, to me, I'm just a kid playing drums,…

— Mike Portnoy

It's the honesty you apply to your playing that makes music enjoyable. The style of the music has little to do with…

— Elvin Jones

As regards my feelings about drummers - there's Buddy Rich, and then there's everybody else.

— Mel Torme

Sonic Youth played one show before we even had a drummer. It was just me, Kim, and Thurston. The lights slowly went…

— Lee Ranaldo

We hear so many records these days that are done with click tracks, as opposed to a drummer.

— Wayne Coyne

As a drummer my job is to reproduce what made the people bop their heads when they first heard the album on…

— Eric Hernandez

In my case, it's hard to be like a simple drummer who doesn't play all over the place.

— Fab Moretti

My dream job is to be a rock drummer and the alternate drummer for the Foo Fighters.

— Rachael Ray

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

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

I had a really nice association with Richie DeRosa, a great musician, a great drummer and composer and arranger. And I had…

— Jon Gordon