Great Quote by Curt Smith

Mad World' was easy for me to sing because I could relate to Roland's lyrics. We were both the middle of three sons and…

— Curt Smith

We released 'Mad World' as a single because we felt the music press would like it.

— Curt Smith

I knew that as a DJ from 1970 on up that I would eventually come with this sound. I brought out all these other…

— Afrika Bambaataa

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…

— Buddy Rich

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

— John Otto

You know the drum was the first instrument besides the human voice.

— Billy Higgins

I can remember the first time I ever recorded my vocals on to a beat. Cat Coore from Third World - a legendary Jamaican…

— Damian Marley

On the first album, it was me and a producer in a basement going though hundreds of snare drum sounds to find the right…

— Corinne Bailey Rae

When my first record came out, it was in the middle of the real Muse, Keane, British thing, and that beat-driven thing wasn't really…

— Mat Kearney

I think the greatest records we've ever heard, from Zeppelin to Purple to Sabbath to The Who, were all recorded in the studio live.

— Glenn Hughes

I remember the first 45 record I bought. It was called 'A Dog a Donut'; it was a breakbeat. Actually, I think I bought…

— Gza

I think that where it came from and the initial birth of it - it did come out of a jam at Bruno's studio,…

— Mark Ronson