Drums Quotes · Page 6

The Pentecostals had horns, drums, guitars, huge choirs, and screaming and dancing and all kinds of stuff. That was for me.

— Leon Russell

“Rakkety Rakkety Rakkety Tam, the drums are beatin' braw. Rakkety Rakkety Rakkety Tam, are ye marchin' off tae war?”

— Brian Jacques

Mum is a photographer, and Dad does world music and plays almost every instrument except for drums.

— Lykke Li

I do seem to like to combine the dramatic emotional warmth of strings with the grooves and body business of drums and…

— David Byrne

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

— Rostam Batmanglij

When I was much younger I tried to play guitar and bass first. Drums were just the easiest thing for me to…

— Gina Schock

Growing up, watching pop music icons, I never saw a solo artist whose main instrument was drums.

— G Flip

One of the advantages of playing in a club is that even with bass and drums, the atmosphere remains intimate with the…

— John McLaughlin

You can have the best riff in the world, but if the drums behind it just ain't vibing it, it's not gonna…

— Johnny Christ

The whole having records and selling records and being on TV, that was something that I didn't ever think would be for…

— Phil Collins

Puffy's contribution to hip-hop culture was the remix. He offered us the music that his mom played in front of him, with…

— Curtis Jackson

I have never been one for musicians. I know girls are supposed to go crazy for frontmen who close their eyes when…

— Julie Klausner

I'm interested in creating a little sound world for songs, really crafting it, building it, and making it like a little doll's…

— Imogen Heap

Well, I was very lucky. I was brought up west southwest coast of Scotland and my mother and father had a music…

— Clive Anderson

That's how we grew up - kinda like Pops would put his drums, his percussion and instruments into the car and we…

— Sheila E

I've often thought that my background in rock 'n' roll has gone to waste in film work. My background was that I…

— Cliff Martinez

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

Music plays a very important role in my life. I'm a frustrated musician. I play the drums.

— Ronald Perelman

From a musical standpoint, I was inspired by '90s hip hop, with a lot of drums and the tempos. I'm always inspired…

— Vic Mensa

I got into guitar because no parent will buy their eight-year-old kid drums unless they're divorced and trying to get back at…

— Josh Homme

Everywhere you look on the planet people are using drums to alter consciousness.

— Mickey Hart

I listen to Bill Stewart play the drums and when I have finished doing that, I listen to Bill Stewart.

— Bill Bruford

The current drum sample market isn't offering enough options in terms of how the drums are captured.

— Joey Sturgis

For instance, if you're playing a record with drums - horns would sound nice to enhance it so you get a record…

— Grandmaster Flash

I wanted to play drums and if I didn't play drums, I wouldn't make music and drums are the foundation for what…

— Lil Jon

I envy drummers. It must be the ultimate to sing and play drums at the same time. Phil Collins, no wonder he's…

— Noel Gallagher

After my dad passed away, I had this bizarre goal. I wanted to play drums for Led Zeppelin. I just wanted to…

— Jason Bonham

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

— Bob Crane

Drums with a pump like some Reeboks. See me from the treetops. They worry but they need not. Heating like a teapot.

— Mac Miller

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

There's something about rhythm and bass sections generally, how the bass and drums interact, that's basically the soul of any song.

— Shura

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

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

— Miles Davis

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

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 find that drummers are the coolest people in the world. I play a little bit of drums.

— Synyster Gates

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

— Finneas

You better go to someone else for words. All I know is, there are some drums that sound good together and some…

— Anonymous

I've been into music for a long time. I started playing drums when I was 8 and piano when I was 10,…

— Lukas Haas