Drums Quotes · Page 5

I can play piano, classical flute, guitar, bass and I'm OK on drums.

— KT Tunstall

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

— Amit Kalantri

The most memorable moment was playing drums with Bob Dylan.

— Jenna Elfman

I don't think drums had ever sounded so big until Led Zeppelin's first album.

— Jimmy Page

I used to play drums when I was a kid, play the trombone.

— Dolph Lundgren

Obviously, I like the drums to be heard. I think they're important.

— Roger Taylor

I learned to play drums to the 'Blue Album.'

— Brendon Urie

Most great records really start with the drums.

— Billy Corgan

Always be different; don't follow the rules. Don't do what anyone tells you. Don't use the same sounds as people; don't use…

— Benny Blanco

From the first album I'm playing bass on a lot of the tunes, and piano on a lot of 'em, and drums,…

— J. J. Cale

Shattered windows and the sound of drums. People couldn't believe what I'd become.

— Coldplay

So now I don't have time to practice drums. It's been five years since I've touched the drums.

— Ikue Mori

What better to get all the anger and stuff out for what I do in Slipknot than to play the drums? You're…

— Joey Jordison

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

— Thurston Moore

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

— Shobana

To play the drums, you have to spread your legs and use your arms. It's a very physical instrument to play. It's…

— Patty Schemel

When I'm playing with my band, I designate different parts to feel different things. The bass pounds in your chest when you…

— Mandy Harvey

I got my first instrument at Christmas when I was three or four. My dad and mom got me a mandolin. It…

— Chord Overstreet

Probably for drums, a guy I really enjoyed watching is Simon Phillips. I've seen him play with The Who and with Pete…

— Michael Anthony

I was living in different accommodation and it was never in a place where I could set up my drums and play,…

— Eric Hernandez

“The war drums pound out a beat like that of the human heart. The terrible, awful sound of living, that one first…

— Anna Smith Spark

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

Today, somewhere in America, there's a kid who's got a laptop and a guitar and a couple of his friends he's putting…

— Benji Madden

I took piano lessons when I was younger and I've been trying to learn how to play the guitar recently. I'd really…

— Vanessa Hudgens

In college, I totally took to rock. I played drums and sang with a band.

— KK

The drums tell me everything. Everything else registers a millisecond later.

— Adam Clayton

I play guitar, piano, and I'm learning to play the drums.

— Nolan Sotillo

I am proud of Kirk. I think he drums to his own drummer in every way.

— Lee Grant

I play drums and guitar. My best instrument is definitely drums, so I'm featured a lot on the album drumming. It's pretty…

— Justin Bieber

“That's the beautiful thing about innocence; even monsters have a pocketful of childhood memories with which to seek comfort with.”

— Dave Matthes

I don't mind doing two or three Eagles songs and playing the drums. I'm not one of those artists who's going to…

— Don Henley

I love the sound of a Fender Rhodes or James Jamerson-style bass lines that are their own melody, and live drums and…

— Corinne Bailey Rae

The drum is the heart of music. The saxophone can play and then rest, as can all of them except the drums;…

— Jo Jones

There's a lot of femininity in the pop world if you're a girl. I aligned more with Travis Barker, like taking my…

— G Flip

I feel like I'm 11 again, with my drums. It doesn't matter if it's good or bad. I'm just playing.

— Patty Schemel

I'm really into the idea of playing sit-down drums again. I don't know if it'll end up that way, but as of…

— Panda Bear

John Bonham, probably the greatest drummer ever - all of us wanted to play drums like him.

— Vinnie Paul

I never got the chance to put drums on 'Watersigns,' because the company was in a rush to release it - and…

— Chris Rea

Vocally, I don't think analogue makes that much difference, but with guitars, it definitely makes some difference. With drums and bass, absolutely.

— Myles Kennedy

Well I had a musical background, but I still didn't know a lot about drums at the time.

— Caroline Corr