Behind Quote by David Essex

I play the drums really, really badly.

— Ted Dwane

If I couldn't play drums it would have destroyed me. If you're thrown in the deep end you swim, and that's basically what I…

— Rick Allen

The drums have hogged a lot of the credit. We're as much -- or more -- *cymbal* players, as we are drummers.

— Peter Erskine

I like referring to the saxophone and having a guitar lick instead. Same with the cymbals; having the cymbals and not playing cymbals.

— Mike Gordon

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

In my old age, I've learned that if I put the right cymbal crash in the very right spot, exactly, it can be as…

— John Densmore

I've been behind the drums my whole life - it's like a security blanket. Standing in front of people and opening my mouth kind…

— Josh Freese

What a young musician's dream, to say, "Look at those chrome drums. Look at that 22-inch ride cymbal. I'll have those." It was one…

— Neil Peart

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

— Varg Vikernes

I would break a lot of cymbals. You whack the cymbals hard enough, and they will crack in half. Drums are not actually as…

— Damien Chazelle

Too many drummers sit at the back covered in drums, and you never see them.

— Tommy Lee

Playing drums or music, being a musician, is inside of you. So you would always see me tapping on something, playing on tables... I…

— Eric Hernandez