Drums Quotes · Page 3

I play the drums really, really badly.

— Ted Dwane

I am just a guy who plays drums.

— Bill Kreutzmann

“They hear drums, we hear music.”

— Stephen Sondheim

Still for fun, I play the drums, but I don't do much recording with them.

— Jan Hammer

My first job was with The O'Jays playing drums.

— Jeffrey Osborne

The drums can get pretty boring as a solo instrument.

— Danny Carey

I'll play drums a lot at home, and it will help my wrist action.

— Tommy Bolin

I studied the Ghanaian drums and bongo drumming.

— Ricky Reed

My first album is like a terrible John Hammond album, with drums.

— Warren Zevon

A CD of great music and drums that punch with power and energy.

— Vinny Appice

I actually wanted to be a drummer, but I didn't have any drums.

— Stevie Ray Vaughan

If you need to record live instruments, especially drums, it's still best to do it in a studio.

— Finneas

Music is a way of life, it's everything. I play drums and that's what I believe I was born to do.

— Elvin Jones

I started with the organ and drums, and I later got into drum machines as a teenager.

— Zaytoven

I began playing drums when I was seven and guitar when I was fourteen, but it wasn't until the early '90s that…

— Tom Curren

He comes in on the beat and plays on top of the beat. I think when Prince makes love, he hears drums…

— Miles Davis

It's harder to play drums than guitar, physically. I'm always kind of on the edge. I guess that's how I play everything:…

— J Mascis

The drums are very trashy: it's all electric, it's very in your face, and it's not perfect. It's raw, and I think…

— Aubrie Sellers

Look, I love to sit in with small groups and play the drums. What's wrong with that?

— Bob Crane

Almost everything I've done, I've done through my own creativity. I don't think I ever had to listen to anyone else to…

— Buddy Rich

I wanted to play drums, and I got a set when I was 14 and just started to play in the house,…

— Tipper Gore

I can play a bunch of instruments but drums? My brothers a drummer and Ive always been jealous that hes such a…

— Nat Wolff

I learned how to play the drums. When we were in pre-production, when we were still in LA, I had a couple…

— Mary-Kate Olsen

I'm quite honored by it. They [people] tell me that , 'If it hadn't of been for you, I wouldn't have played…

— Ringo Starr

I wrote a song with Kara DioGuardi called 'What If,' and it's a really beautiful song. It's kind of like a rock…

— Ashley Tisdale

I just love crafting and shaping sounds. Actually, many of the sounds that I work with start off as organic instruments -…

— Imogen Heap

I wanted to hear the songs in the way that I had written them, which was, in a way, very basic. So…

— Thurston Moore

It was hard to play the drums at all when I got out of prison.

— Varg Vikernes

Guitar, drums, load up, I'm getting high.

— Def Leppard

“Music is the beat of a drum that keeps time with our emotions.”

— Shannon L. Alder

It's really important for the bass and the drums to somehow blend.

— Mike Gordon

“All I care about in this goddamn life are me, my drums, and you.”

— John Hughes

I started playing drums in the 4th grade.

— E-40

I learned how to play the drums... it got me into LTD.

— Jeffrey Osborne

I like drums, really, if they're under control.

— Earl Scruggs

You can't beat 2 guitars, bass, and drums.

— Lou Reed

I play guitar, I jam on the piano, drums, and even the triangle.

— Joseph Parker

I played guitar since I was 9 years old, drums since I was 11.

— Kenny Beats

I like hip-hop, I like a lot of dance music. If it's got drums in it.

— Sara Cox

I played drums on Keith Carradine's first record.

— Don Henley