Art Quote by Bill Ward

I look up to a lot of old school drummers from the '70s, '80s, and '90s.

— Ashton Irwin

As regards my feelings about drummers - there's Buddy Rich, and then there's everybody else.

— Mel Torme

I'm very influenced by jazz drummers. I always liked drummers like Roger Taylor, Keith Moon, Ian Paice, John Densmore. I just learned from playing…

— Steven Adler

I listened to Buddy Rich a lot, and also to guys like Clive Bunker, the original drummer from Jethro Tull. All these guys had…

— Marky Ramone

And, well of course, Count Basie, and I think all of the black bands of the late thirties and early forties, bands with real…

— Buddy Rich

I was always very aware of drummers. My oldest brother Henry was a drummer, and he drummed on everything in the house from the…

— Dave Brubeck

I grew up a drummer, so I've always been around music.

— Darrelle Revis

What made me want to play drums in the first place was Led Zeppelin and The Who. My parents had their records, and I…

— Joey Jordison

I've played with the best drummers in rock, ranging from Josh Freese to Brooks Wackerman to even Dave Lombardo.

— Robert Trujillo

My drummer, Gene Lake, is Oliver Lake's son. So I certainly have wide tastes, in not only what I listen to, but what I…

— David Sanborn

Every drummer that had a name, had a name because of his individual playing. He didn't sound like anybody else, So everybody that I…

— Buddy Rich

I consider every drummer that ever played before me an influence, in every way.

— Buddy Rich