Drums Quotes · Page 5

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

— Imogen Heap

I was playing drums in church when I was six. Then I picked up the piano when I was 11 or 12.

— Robert Glasper

I was drawn to West Africa. I did listen to a bunch of different styles of African music, and there was something…

— Ludwig Goransson

The riffs, lyrics, and drums of 'Open Your Omen' will tell you a lot.

— Joey Jordison

I love the sound of '70s glam records. I love that snare sound. The recordings I like, it's all based on if…

— King Tuff

I've worked hard, but this business can be tough, and I just consider myself incredibly lucky to have had the career that…

— Taylor Hawkins

There's the drums, the music, the melodies, the lyrics, the production, the artwork: there are so many elements to making an album,…

— Mike Portnoy

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

— Jeffrey Osborne

I've been playing guitar since I was 6 and then drums, bass, and piano since I was 10 years old.

— Bazzi

I liked playing drums in the band, but the truth is, I always knew they were going to call Joey to play…

— Shawn Crahan

Producers like to record all the drums first, then they do the bass, then all the guitars, so you're constantly moving from…

— Noel Gallagher

I play the drums really, really badly.

— Ted Dwane

My little brother played drums, so we had a drum set over at my house.

— Synyster Gates

Radio or no radio, I just like the way records sound when the drums and vocals are loud.

— Rostam Batmanglij

“Music shouldn't be just a tune, it should be a touch.”

— Amit Kalantri

You just can't walk into a venue, sit behind your drums, and expect to play a great show. It'll never happen.

— Bun E. Carlos

I have all the rhythm in my left hand, and I use the rhythms that Gene Krupa did on his drums.

— Dick Dale

I play guitar a bit. I'm trying to learn drums - I feel like I can play violin. I've never tried, but…

— Alexa Chung

I've played every instrument you could possibly think of for 10 minutes. So I'm mediocre at everything. I can play drums, guitar,…

— Kat Dennings

It's nice to work with people who know how to mic drums right and how to record properly. But there's something to…

— Julia Holter

In 'Dancing Drums,' I've touched on music that largely brings the ethos of religions other than my own together.

— Shobana

People don't realize how much it means to your music to record on tape, whether it be for new music or old…

— Adrian Younge

We're basically a rock band - guitar, bass, drums and vocals. But we take it further than that. We can be rotten,…

— Rick Nielsen

More traditional guitar, bass, drums - it's not something completely natural to me. It's, in a way, exotic.

— Mike Patton

Cello is my first instrument, then piano, drums, bass, violin, recorder, saxophone, but I'd never play them live!

— Dev Hynes