Drums Quotes · Page 3

I love playing drums and helping out.

— Mike Portnoy

“without noise of drums or”

— Henryk Sienkiewicz

Playing my drums is therapy.

— Travis Barker

I always have trouble recording drums and double bass.

— Bonobo

I lie more with drums and the more heavy and darker aspects of music.

— Joey Jordison

I've been playing the drums since age nine.

— Bill Berry

My talent for playing the drums was a gift from God.

— Keith Thibodeaux

I have a drum set in my dressing room. I play drums to relax and have some fun.

— Queen Latifah

I like a nice rumble on bass, openness on guitar and drums that breathe.

— Rory Gallagher

I've played the drums for so long, I can't imagine saying goodbye to it.

— Miguel Ferrer

I've played drums in bands since I was 16.

— Miles Teller

Playing drums is how I communicate. It's how I speak to people. That's my God-given gift.

— Joey Jordison

I started playing drums at three, then piano at five, then clarinet. But it wasn't till I picked up a saxophone aged…

— Kamasi Washington

I've been behind the drums my whole life - it's like a security blanket. Standing in front of people and opening my…

— Josh Freese

Three times during the show the drums are lifted over the audience - I go up and out, right, left and back.

— Peter Criss

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 don’t think the drums are a solo instrument. Drums are there to set the beat for the music.

— Keith Moon

I started out when I was about 12, playing drums. I started singing when I was about 15.

— Layne Staley

When I listen to music these days, and I hear Pro Tools and drums that sound like a machine - it kinda…

— Dave Grohl

My sister's CD collection was my source of music for a long time. When she showed me 'Kid A,' I was really…

— Alex G

I play a little bit of everything. I beat on the walls. I whistle. I scream. I go outside and scream because…

— Walker Hayes

We decided to do some of Merle's things with modern instrumentation. We used a flute, a bass clarinet, a trumpet, a clarinet,…

— Tennessee Ernie Ford

As a drumset player I look outside the typical canon of drums - jazz and rock. When I hear something like the…

— Glenn Kotche

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

— Eric Hernandez

I think for me, drums was this protection.

— G Flip

How can you not love a man banging on the drums? He knows how to keep a rhythm.

— Malin Akerman

Since my early childhood, I've played drums in visuals as well as sound.

— Bill Ward

Not really, drums found me, I just liked music, all kinds of music.

— Pat Mastelotto

I wanna play hard rock. I wanna play loud drums.

— Bill Ward

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

— Lou Reed

I started on the drums when I was eight.

— Masego

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

— Joey Jordison

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

— Synyster Gates

Well, I take my drums everywhere I go so I can play them for relaxation.

— Bob Crane

“Music is the fastest motivator in the world.”

— Amit Kalantri

Krupa's drums went through us like a triple bourbon.

— Eddie Condon

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

— Varg Vikernes