Drums Quotes · Page 7

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

— Shawn Crahan

The drums have hogged a lot of the credit. We're as much -- or more -- *cymbal* players, as we are drummers.

— Peter Erskine

Drums isn't my one thing anymore. I love to produce. I love to make tracks, write tracks, produce tracks, and I can't…

— Tommy Lee

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

I have great samples of my drums and I try to program them pretty much how I want to play them, try…

— Terry Bozzio

I thought if I played the drums I could at least hide behind the cymbals if I was no good.

— David Essex

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

— Anonymous

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

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

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

I don't have session players come in and guitars, I'm doing the drums, I'm doing the scratching, I'm doing every sound you…

— DJ Premier

I don't let the children watch TV on weeknights. They practice playing musical instruments instead. Both my sons play piano, drums and…

— Jane Seymour

It's much easier to have a diversified career as an electronic musician than it is as a drummer. Nothing against drummers. If…

— Moby

“But that drummer – the one who could make his drum sound like water dropping into a bucket or like the footfalls…

— Maggie Stiefvater

Once the song is done and recorded, I like to go back and then cut the drums, because then I know exactly…

— Tommy Lee

I wanted to play drums because I fell in love with the glitter and the lights, but it wasn't about adulation. It…

— Charlie Watts

I was kind of bored playing drums in a band. Which was depressing, because playing in the band was kind of a…

— Anonymous

You shouldn't hear the guitar by itself. It should be part of the drums... You only notice the guitar when it's not…

— Freddie Green

I really enjoyed playing drums on 'Born Again.' It was a good feeling about being alive. There was a good energy there…

— Bill Ward

I stopped playing the drums when I was ten, and I picked up Rubik's Cubes. I was doing that for a while,…

— Rich Brian

For KRS-One, I have a specific sound - sparse drums and bass. I try to steer away from elaborate productions.

— KRS-One

I don't like drums dictating the song; like when you hear a fill and then you know the chorus is coming up.

— Adam Granduciel

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

no war really comes unexpectedly. The drums are beating long before a single shot is fired.

— Margaret Case Harriman

It was never my first choice to be a singer/guitar player. I really wanted to play drums.

— Ryan Adams

My mom had to beg the guys to let me play. I couldn't even play the drums right - Brian had to…

— Dennis Wilson

When I was a kid, I played drums, and when I first got a 4-track, I would put down drumbeats and then…

— Yngwie Malmsteen

I'm not a fan of computerised drums, likewise an organ can lose its appeal within minutes, but there are exceptions.

— Liza Tarbuck

I wanted to make the album that my kid self dreamed of, a hybrid of pop/rock but with drums out the front.

— G Flip

All throughout Cash Money, I never abandoned the SP 1200. At the end of the day, I still use my SP 1200…

— Mannie Fresh

In the studio my drums are usually something really basic: a four-, five- or six-piece kit with lots of snare and cymbal…

— Josh Freese

I play drums and guitar, I snowboard, I do martial arts and acrobatics. I go to the movies every Friday.

— Cameron Monaghan

In 'Dancing Drums' I interweave all my mediums into what I like to call, simply as 'trance.'

— Shobana

Like, back in Albania, all my cousins sing, they play the drums, they play guitar, it's like... a thing!

— Ava Max

I don't consciously beat the drums for any cause, not even the negro in the United States.

— Althea Gibson

Queen and Bon Jovi, Aerosmith and Guns N' Roses - I had a huge rock-band mania. I play a little bit of…

— PSY

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 began playing drums when I was seven and guitar when I was fourteen, but it wasn't until the early '90s that…

— Tom Curren