Average Quote by Buddy Rich

If you have a great band with a mediocre drummer, you have a mediocre band. If you have a mediocre band with a great…

— Duke Ellington

To me, a great drummer isn't always about somebody with chops who can shred. A great drummer is someone who is part of a…

— Mike Portnoy

I don't consider myself a great drummer. I consider myself just a music fan that's a very, very passionate artist, and the drums just…

— Mike Portnoy

A band is as solid as its drummer is.

— Joey Kramer

When you want to form a band, there's always an overwhelming lack of drummers.

— Yusaku Maezawa

You don't have to be a great drummer to be the most important guy in the band.

— Mike Portnoy

It takes a pretty good drummer to be better than no drummer at all.

— Chet Baker

As far as drummers are concerned, when I was a child growing up I was really attracted to artists like Gene Kupra and Louis…

— Bill Ward

I'm a good guy, and I'm a pretty good drummer, by the way.

— Phil Rudd

But I've always liked to be the kind of drummer and musician who likes to go outside of what's expected of me, and I've…

— Matt Cameron

I never professed to be a great drummer but I was a very heavy drummer.

— Dave Clark

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

— Mel Torme