The drums tell me everything. Everything else registers a millisecond later. — Adam Clayton Copy Share Image
I don't have perfect pitch. My drums sound like a drummer, not a drum machine. — Taylor Hawkins Copy Share Image
Radio or no radio, I just like the way records sound when the drums and vocals are loud. — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
I do seem to like to combine the dramatic emotional warmth of strings with the grooves and body business of drums and… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
Mum is a photographer, and Dad does world music and plays almost every instrument except for drums. — Lykke Li Copy Share Image
“Rakkety Rakkety Rakkety Tam, the drums are beatin' braw. Rakkety Rakkety Rakkety Tam, are ye marchin' off tae war?” — Brian Jacques Copy Share Image
The Pentecostals had horns, drums, guitars, huge choirs, and screaming and dancing and all kinds of stuff. That was for me. — Leon Russell Copy Share Image
The original 'Don't Let It Get to You' started with a beat. The drums came first. All the musical and lyrical elements… — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
I try not to think about the drums themselves. If I do, I'll end up hitting myself in the head with a… — Greg Saunier Copy Share Image
I mean, when it gets down to it I just wanted to play the drums. The rest of it never meant that… — Bill Kreutzmann Copy Share Image
I based my tuning on Gene Krupa, Buddy and Joe Morello. I knew how I wanted the drums to sound and we… — Bill Ward Copy Share Image
My first instrument was the drums. Not quite sure why I quit and changed to guitar, but I'm sure my parents might… — Jill Sobule Copy Share Image
I started playing drums in multiple bands, then became a wedding drummer while studying drums in college, and after became a touring… — G Flip Copy Share Image
I think my love of music comes from my dad. I was born with an ear for music, like him, and started… — Blake Michael Copy Share Image
I actually played guitar before I played drums. And I always play guitar on the Slipknot albums as well, as well as… — Joey Jordison Copy Share Image
Lately Fish and I have been hooking up more, which is a good thing because it's just been a struggle for me… — Mike Gordon Copy Share Image
I play 'Rock Band' with my friends' kids, and they completely beat me senseless with it. I feel like I'm holding them… — Mike McCready Copy Share Image
Geopolitical drama lessened but did not die after the Cold War; in 2008, the specter of thousands of seeming automatons banging drums… — Ben Shapiro Copy Share Image
It's sort of cheesy to introduce that to the drums - those dings and dongs and bell sounds. That's definitely one of… — Carey Mercer Copy Share Image
I love playing. In lots of ways, I think having been able to carry on playing purely out of love rather than… — Al Murray Copy Share Image
“They had three cadences, these spectral drummers, which they called First Kings, Second Kings, and Revelations. Going into a fight, they went… — Howard Bahr Copy Share Image
I'm from New York. I grew up there. I grew up in Westchester County, the suburbs. For me, that was always the… — Guillermo E. Brown Copy Share Image
I've always been obsessed with drums. They fascinate me. Any other instrument - nothing. I play acoustic guitar a bit. But it's… — John Bonham Copy Share Image
If you're really careful to keep the monitors not too loud, if you're lucky, you get a little bit of nice bleed… — Mike Campbell Copy Share Image
If you make a suggestion and [musicians] don't know what you mean, you have to be able to do it yourself. I… — Miles Davis 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
![“If you make a suggestion and [musicians] don't know what you mean, you have to be able to do it yourself. I often sit down on drums and show 'em just exactly what I want. And I do it and then say, "How do you do that?" It's because I know how it looks, I know what I want to hear, and I don't drop…” quote by Miles Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/637/miles-davis-1842_able_if-you-make-a-suggestion-and-musicians-d_502009.jpg)
