Come Quote by Dave East

I am not a technical drummer at all. I'm more from the Keith Moon/Lars Ulrich school of, 'Hey, look at me!' I just get…

— Mike Portnoy

Early on in my career, I was really into the volume pedal techniques that somebody like Steve Howe or Alex Lifeson would use.

— John Petrucci

Dave Frank is one of the few people that can REALLY play!

— Lennie Tristano

I based my tuning on Gene Krupa, Buddy and Joe Morello. I knew how I wanted the drums to sound and we did the…

— Bill Ward

I started out with acoustic guitar and loop pedal because I thought I wanted to be Ed Sheeran.

— Tom Walker

I never got lessons. I took influence from Chet Baker, Ian Dury, and Joe Strummer. I don't hear my voice and think, 'Yeah, that's…

— King Krule

Thank God that I had the ability to understand that I had a different beat and that I was a drummer.

— James Brown

Dave Guy, the trumpet player, is an incredible musician. He came into the studio one day, and they had just cut a cover of…

— Mark Ronson

Dave Rocha is a modern player out of the hard-bop tradition, with a beautiful sound and tremendous facility on the horn. You can hear…

— Dan Feiszli

More recently, I used guitar synthesizer extensively on the two albums I did with Robert Fripp.

— Andy Summers

I'm the best live rock drummer. That's what I think of myself. That's who I am. I can't help it.

— Phil Rudd

I was like, 'Okay, cool, I'ma learn how to produce my own beats,' and I stuck to it. Now, it's hard to even take…

— PartyNextDoor