Percussion Quotes

49 quotes by 40 authors

Heaven to me is percussion and bass, a screaming guitar and a burbling Hammond B-3 organ. It's a soup I love being immersed in. — Dan Aykroyd
When I lost the use of my hi-hat and bass drum legs, I became basically a singer. I was a drummer who did a bit… — Robert Wyatt
And, you know, I think the original recording of Ravel's Bolero, probably whoever played percussion on that, will never have It played better than that. — Buddy Rich
The possibilities of percussion sounds, I believe, have never been fully realized — Charles Ives
I love more percussions more than anything. I always wanted to be a drummer. — Pharoah Sanders
For a million years the sound of making handaxes provided the percussion of everyday life. Anyone choosing a hundred objects to tell a history of… — Neil MacGregor
I've figured out what to do with my hands... onstage. I'm a percussion player, so I grab a tambourine as much as I can. — Taylor Hanson
I was able to interpret the difference between the sharp, quick sound and the slow, deep sound of percussion and manipulate it, get a third… — Sunny Murray
Remember the last show you saw that got a standing ovation? Now try to think of one that had the audience on its feet at… — Jan Perry
The American drummer is a one-man percussion orchestra. — Max Roach
Symmetria by the Uccello Project is a gorgeous, instrumental and largely unclassifiable record. Best thought of as 'cinematic', each of the tracks conjures up a… — Steve Lawson
I play guitar, piano, bass and percussion. — Teena Marie
I read and write classical piano and percussion, also guitar. — Suzi Quatro
And this is our time-keeper, with a passion for percussion — Leonard Cohen
No one can get really drunk on a novel or a painting, but who can help getting drunk on Reethoven's Ninth, Rartok's Sonata for Two… — Milan Kundera
Percussion music is revolution. Sound and rhythm have too long been submissive to the restrictions of nineteenth century music. Today we are fighting for their… — John Cage
For me, the most difficult thing is that I am learning melodies on guitar from some songs whose melodies were not meant to be played… — Dweezil Zappa
I love the percussion. It's a right brain, left brain thing. There are different beats, but cooperating together. It's your whole body doing it, you're… — Shalom Harlow
I played djembe, percussion, keyboards and I sang. — Jeff Ament
Percussion is physical, as most instruments are. The body must function well in order to play the instruments well. Last year I climbed Mount Kilimanjaro. — Evelyn Glennie

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