Drums Quotes · Page 6

I'm a huge Bob Marley fan; I remember going to Jamaica for the first time when I was a kid and I…

— Matthew Morrison

Playing drums, for me, is like breathing. It's like thinking. It's like eating. It's like walking.

— Joey Jordison

The drums are about gravity. Your hand naturally falls down on the drums as you hit them.

— Tommy Lee

I find that doing the drums last, coming from a drum history, really works well for me.

— Tommy Lee

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

— Robert Glasper

When I was 16 I was in a neo hardcore band called Finger Charge. I played the drums with my shirt off.

— Bonobo

Yes, of course that's true but you know, the irony of all that is that before the accident, I'd pretty much lost…

— Rick Allen

Energy wise, playing the drums was a lot of fun; I just felt like it was a natural fit for me.

— Hank Williams III

I was in bands growing up around town as a kid, like bands in the local kind of hardcore scene that we…

— Jesse Rutherford

Even in the band I was in when I was a kid, I'd be telling everyone what to do. I'd be leaning…

— James Murphy

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

The only thing that's changed for me is that I've figured out a new way to do this; when I go to…

— Tommy Lee

I see a lot of comments on Twitter and stuff about how ugly I am, how bad I am at the drums,…

— Patrick Carney

We all record together. We do it live; then, after that, we do overdubs, if we need to, to repair stuff. Usually…

— Rick Nielsen

No one really listens to the drums, I don't think. They're there, but it's not a conscious thing to listen to. Everyone…

— Patty Schemel

There's individual turntable setups devoted to piano, bass, drums and a set for soloing as well. We like to try and explore…

— Eric San

Simon: Anyone ever tell you your sense of timing really sucks? Derek: That's why I don't play the drums. Now what's up?

— Kelley Armstrong

I played in a punk rock band in high school called the High Heel Flip Flops. I was the drummer. I played…

— Thomas Rhett

Anytime you strike the drums, you have to be aware that you're creating a musical event.

— Vinnie Colaiuta

Yes, I love to play drums and bass and guitar and piano. Those are the main instruments I play. That is it.

— Jeff Lynne

My father was always in bands. He played drums and could sing. And my grandfather was a band leader.

— Randy Rainbow

I can play anything - piano, drums, guitar, harp - I can even play a trumpet through another trumpet.

— Ross Lynch

“Let each man hear his own music and live by it. The drums roll one way for one man, and another way…

— Audie Murphy

I took piano lessons and I wanted to play drums when I was six. Luckily enough, my parents let me have a…

— Rex Orange County

I love being in a band. I love playing with other human beings. I've never practiced drums unless there was another human…

— Ringo Starr

Most drummers are covered with a million drums, and everyone is like, 'What are you doing back there?'

— Tommy Lee

My way of relaxing was always doing the opposite and playing the drums, but I need to be able to actually chill.

— Cara Delevingne

I started playing guitar when I was, like, 5, and I picked up playing drums when I was 6 years old.

— Rickey Medlocke

I play the drums, I love to sing. I'll make a beat anywhere - on the wall, on the floor - and…

— Maya Moore

I started playing the drums at five years old and used to listen to a lot of screamo bands like Asking Alexandria,…

— Rich Brian

“Anything with drums, bass, and guitars is under the pop umbrella. We'll continue to try new sounds as long as we're a…

— Patrick Stump

If I'm playing drums I don't really want to wear a headband on stage, so I wear a hat that keeps my…

— G Flip

I started playing piano; I picked up a ukulele, and I loved it and kept playing that. I play a bit of…

— Max Schneider

When I listen to the radio, I just hear so much music that doesn't even sound like people. The vocals are all…

— Dave Grohl

I don't focus on one thing. I play guitar and bass and keyboards and drums, but I never stay on anything long…

— Lou Barlow

Drums were my first instrument, my first love. I need rhythm, something that moves.

— Patrick Stump

I spent a lot of time lifting my drums into a van, playing to ten people night after night. I can't complain…

— Fred Armisen

With drumming, I've done so many hours on stage in past bands and have been playing in bands for my whole life…

— G Flip

I didn't listen to anything with electric bass, guitars, or drums until I was fifteen!

— Bear McCreary

“Oh, the drums, of course,” Jase says. “It was the clarinet, but then he realized that was just not a turn-on.”

— Anonymous