Always Quote by Damien Chazelle

I remember in the early days when we played six nights a week for a month and I was doing my long drum solo…

— John Bonham

I'm always getting injuries like bruised and bloody knuckles from catching a cymbal or the edge of a drum.

— Tommy Lee

I was at a party in Alexandra Palace tobogganing on the ski slope, got whiplashed at 40mph, put my hands out to balance myself,…

— Dave Clark

When I was a kid, we went to St. Augustine, Fla., and I was lying on the couch one night with a Q-tip, cleaning…

— Jason Aldean

I played acoustic guitar so intensely, for so long - for nine hours a day as a 10-year-old, writing songs through the night, on…

— Mark Duplass

I got really, really sick with a spinal infection that put me in a hospital for a couple of months, and it was touch…

— Robert Hunter

In 1967, I found out I was losing my hearing. I went 10 years without any help. I had otosclerosis - hardening of the…

— Frankie Valli

It was hard to play the drums at all when I got out of prison.

— Varg Vikernes

I try not to think about the drums themselves. If I do, I'll end up hitting myself in the head with a drumstick, or…

— Greg Saunier

I was in a band when I was in high school, and I was bitten by the performance bug, if anything else.

— Luke Macfarlane

My ears are shot. I'm a musician.

— Killer Mike

I had nerve damage. It was going to lead to amputation. I had high blood pressure, high cholesterol.

— Eric Adams