Drummer Quotes

200 Drummer quotes by 148 unique authors

Average band with a great drummer sounds great, great band with an average drummer sounds average. — Buddy Rich
The greatest contribution jazz has made in music has been to replace the role of the conductor with a member of the ensemble who, instead… — Elvin Jones
I started The Runaways with Sandy West. We shared the dream of girls playing rock and roll. Sandy was an exuberant and powerful drummer. So… — Joan Jett
The American drummer is a one-man percussion orchestra. — Max Roach
Reading is performance. The reader--the child under the blanket with a flashlight, the woman at the kitchen table, the man at the library desk--performs the… — Ursula K. Le Guin
Most studios in Memphis had a house set of drums; the drummers just brought their own sticks. — Steve Cropper
March to the beat of your own drummer. — Henry David Thoreau
He's (Ringo Starr) not even the best drummer in the Beatles.... — Paul McCartney
In jazz, you listen to what the bass player is doing and what the drummer is doing, what the pianist and the guitarist is doing,… — David Amram
Michael Sunday and I are the original members of the band. We first did it just for charities and benefit concerts. It was very ad-hoc,… — Peter Tork
Keith Moon is not interested in Jazz and won't ever be a Jazz drummer because he's more interested in looking good and being screamed at. — Pete Townshend
I'd really like having a couple days of being a rock star, although I'd rather be a backup - like maybe the drummer for Muse… — Stephenie Meyer
Ringo isn't the best drummer in the world. He isn't even the best drummer in the Beatles — John Lennon
I used to be a drummer in a band, and I really loved playing the drums, so I look forward to the right opportunity to… — Unknown Author
Age 10. I joined the school marching band as a drummer. — Adrian Belew
Ringo, the last to become a Beatle, came into the group not because I wanted him, but because the boys did. To be completely honest,… — Brian Epstein
A broadsheet obituarist once pointed out to me that veteran soldiers die by rank. First to go are the generals, admirals and air marshals, then… — A. A. Gill
Advice to rock gods: drugwise, stick to Ibuprofen, decaf lattes, and pale Pilsners ... If your stomach is not a flat slab, please leave your… — Ian Shoales
I am also a drummer of sorts. I've got an electronic set sitting in my bedroom. — Gary Cole
Michael Giles the first drummer of King Crimson, never agreed to the name King Crimson. But then, if you'd knew Michael, you would know he… — Robert Fripp

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