--- title: "3 Drummer Quotes By Ted Dwane" description: "3 Drummer quotes by Ted Dwane. Plus more from Ted Dwane and more Drummer sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/662/ted-dwane-12289_big_we-have-big-limitations-by-not-having-a_1669588.jpg" --- > [We have big limitations by not having a drummer. It instantly informs a lot of our musical decisions when it comes to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-dwane/we-have-big-limitations-by-not-having-a-drummer-it-instantly-informs/) [Ted Dwane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-dwane/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/662/ted-dwane-12289_big_we-have-big-limitations-by-not-having-a_1669588.jpg) > [Being a bass player in a band without a drummer for seven, eight years has been kind of weird.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-dwane/being-a-bass-player-in-a-band-without-a-drummer-for-seven-eight-years/) [Ted Dwane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-dwane/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45a/ted-dwane-12289_band_being-a-bass-player-in-a-band-without-a_2743731.jpg) > [Without a drummer, you've got that sort of running, chicken-chasing, rhythmic thing happening with the banjo in the top end - it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-dwane/without-a-drummer-you-ve-got-that-sort-of-running-chicken-chasing/) [Ted Dwane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-dwane/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/371/ted-dwane-12289_banjo_without-a-drummer-you-ve-got-that-sort-o_3169108.jpg) ## Other authors on Drummer - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-buddy-rich-20284.jpg) Buddy Rich 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/drummer/buddy-rich/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-mike-portnoy-5256.jpg) Mike Portnoy 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/drummer/mike-portnoy/) - [Jason Bonham 8 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/drummer/jason-bonham/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-david-thoreau-41473.jpg) Henry David Thoreau 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/drummer/henry-david-thoreau/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-damien-chazelle-26095.jpg) Damien Chazelle 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/drummer/damien-chazelle/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-ringo-starr-79189.jpg) Ringo Starr 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/drummer/ringo-starr/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-phil-collins-75204.jpg) Phil Collins 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/drummer/phil-collins/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-miles-davis-68255.jpg) Miles Davis 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/drummer/miles-davis/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-dave-grohl-27056.jpg) Dave Grohl 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/drummer/dave-grohl/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-andrew-soltis-13074.jpg) Josh Freese 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/drummer/josh-freese/) - [Vinnie Paul 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/drummer/vinnie-paul/) - [Taylor Hawkins 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/drummer/taylor-hawkins/) ## More by Ted Dwane > [It's strange to think about the scathing reviews 'Sigh No More' got and then consider that we could win best album a year or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-dwane/it-s-strange-to-think-about-the-scathing-reviews-sigh-no-more-got-and/) [Ted Dwane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-dwane/) > [People don't really need to question our sincerity when it comes to our songs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-dwane/people-don-t-really-need-to-question-our-sincerity-when-it-comes-to/) [Ted Dwane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-dwane/) > [You leave school, work terrible jobs to pay rent, and that's when you start finding your way in music and forming bands.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-dwane/you-leave-school-work-terrible-jobs-to-pay-rent-and-that-s-when-you/) [Ted Dwane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-dwane/) > [We don't read a lot of what people say about us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-dwane/we-don-t-read-a-lot-of-what-people-say-about-us/) [Ted Dwane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-dwane/) > [You can't really opt into something you don't believe in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-dwane/you-can-t-really-opt-into-something-you-don-t-believe-in/) [Ted Dwane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-dwane/) > [As soon as we started playing sports arenas, we thought how great it would be if we could instead play to 25,000 people in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-dwane/as-soon-as-we-started-playing-sports-arenas-we-thought-how-great-it/) [Ted Dwane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-dwane/) > [You look at the instrumentation, and you can't really argue that we set out with commercial aspirations. Banjos and things like that are not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-dwane/you-look-at-the-instrumentation-and-you-can-t-really-argue-that-we/) [Ted Dwane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-dwane/) > [Whether people jump up and down when they see us or are completely quiet, it just feels really good that they're connecting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-dwane/whether-people-jump-up-and-down-when-they-see-us-or-are-completely/) [Ted Dwane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-dwane/) > [There's definitely a negative correlation between the higher the profile and the enjoyment of the gig.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-dwane/there-s-definitely-a-negative-correlation-between-the-higher-the/) [Ted Dwane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-dwane/) > [If you told me in the '90s that I'd be in a chart battle with Green Day, I probably would have just laughed at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-dwane/if-you-told-me-in-the-90s-that-i-d-be-in-a-chart-battle-with-green/) [Ted Dwane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-dwane/) > [As humans, we're such a discontented species. We're always trying to further ourselves, and you get all the way to the moon, and then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-dwane/as-humans-we-re-such-a-discontented-species-we-re-always-trying-to/) [Ted Dwane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-dwane/) > [Our spiritual home is definitely the U.K., but we have such a breadth of influence, and America's a huge part of that, as I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-dwane/our-spiritual-home-is-definitely-the-u-k-but-we-have-such-a-breadth/) [Ted Dwane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-dwane/) > [We're not the first band who went to public school.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-dwane/we-re-not-the-first-band-who-went-to-public-school/) [Ted Dwane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-dwane/) > [We never thought we'd be commercially viable, and we were proved wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-dwane/we-never-thought-we-d-be-commercially-viable-and-we-were-proved-wrong/) [Ted Dwane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-dwane/) > [We don't want to be as big as Oasis!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-dwane/we-don-t-want-to-be-as-big-as-oasis/) [Ted Dwane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-dwane/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/drummer/ted-dwane/#itemlist", "name": "3 Drummer Quotes By Ted Dwane", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We have big limitations by not having a drummer. 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