Disappointing Quote by Alexis Taylor

The problem you get with most today's drum samples is that when you use them, you sound like everyone else using them.

— Joey Sturgis

I got tired of different drum sounds so you buy different effects for more manipulation.

— Ikue Mori

A great drum record has to sound good; in fact, it should sound special. It should capture the richness and the actual tones of…

— Joey Jordison

It's fun, I didn't have enough money as a kid to buy a drum set, so I had to do something. I would mimic…

— John DiMaggio

Not everybody likes or understands a drum solo, so I like to bring in effects and sounds to keep their interest.

— John Bonham

I really just wanted to play the drum set and match that. I was never really into the percussion thing.

— John Otto

The drum records that I like are ones on which the drumming didn't repeat itself. The players didn't stick to a format or formula.

— Joey Jordison

There's so much that you can do if you mimic your style to a drum machine. I think that's far more exciting.

— Matt Tong

To make a genuine record, it takes more than a cool beat and some auto tune.

— Borns

Anytime I switch to another instrument, I immediately turn it into another kind of drum so that I can understand it better.

— Levon Helm

In actuality it's drum samples in the computer. I don't know, I've just never really dug into that whole technology thing, I feel like…

— The Rocket Summer

There's a couple of tracks on the new record which is sort of using similar sort of rhythms as the drum and bass tracks…

— Tom Jenkinson