Drummers Quotes

Both my brothers are drummers.

— Sharon Van Etten

There aren't enough girl drummers.

— Tobi Vail

Drummers are tough.

— James Righton

A lot of drummers get sidetracked by the instrument. It can engulf you.

— Tre Cool

Too many drummers sit at the back covered in drums, and you never see them.

— Tommy Lee

Your drummers not much good, is he? Let me have a go and I'll show you.

— John Bonham

Drummers are like sharks. They have to move all the time or they die.

— Pat Smear

I've gotten hernias from drummers when they drop tempo.

— Miles Davis

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

— Miles Davis

I look up to a lot of old school drummers from the '70s, '80s, and '90s.

— Ashton Irwin

“Baby...drummers bang all night long!”

— Joanne Schwehm

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

— Mel Torme

Travis Barker is one of the greatest drummers ever, and all the guys in blink are really good songwriters.

— Kevin Jonas

Jazz drummers traditionally are not always prepared to just hold down the beat; it's like they're soloing the whole time.

— Steven Wilson

John Bonham is one of the greatest drummers of all time. Feel, power, simplicity - you name it, John Bonham had it.

— John Dolmayan

There are a lot more women drummers now than there used to be, and I'd like to think that I'm part of…

— Gina Schock

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

— Thighpaulsandra

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

All the guys I know that play guitar are also secretly drummers and vice versa.

— Mark Lanegan

And, well of course, Count Basie, and I think all of the black bands of the late thirties and early forties, bands…

— Buddy Rich

In my last band, Soundgarden, I had a couple of different drummers sit in on some stuff and it was fun for…

— Matt Cameron

To have everything written for you It's not really creating. That's why I think symphony drummers are so limited. They 're limited…

— Buddy Rich

Bass players and drummers are like brothers, working in the basement, cooking up the groove. If they don't lock together with the…

— John Densmore

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'd rather be entertained and go to a show and watch a drummer and have somebody that makes me actually smile. So…

— Mike Portnoy

As far as drummers are concerned, when I was a child growing up I was really attracted to artists like Gene Kupra…

— Bill Ward

Ringo is incredible. He's the greatest. Simon Kirke is great as well, so is Ian Paice. All of these British drummers from…

— Phil Rudd

Drummers get bored. You tell them to play something simple, and it gets more complicated as they do it. If they're not…

— Phil Collins

It's much easier to have a diversified career as an electronic musician than it is as a drummer. Nothing against drummers. If…

— Moby

When I was a kid, I felt like I could do anything and play anything. I just felt super-confident. And then, once…

— Patty Schemel

“They had three cadences, these spectral drummers, which they called First Kings, Second Kings, and Revelations. Going into a fight, they went…

— Howard Bahr

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

— Dave Grohl

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

— Travis Barker

Drummers don't write - or at least, that's what everybody believes.

— Tony Williams

In respect for drummers, see, I love drummers.

— Miles Davis

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

— Caroline Corr

I think female drummers are great. I think there should more of them.

— Sean Kinney

Some of [drummers] drop time because they want to hear what you're doin'.

— Miles Davis

Do you know why they call a drummer's seat a throne? Because drummers are kings and queens.

— Ed Thigpen

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

— Steve Cropper