Beautiful Quote by Evelyn Glennie

Since I was a child, I was yearning to learn about percussion because that's what I loved.

— Jain

Percussion music is revolution. Sound and rhythm have too long been submissive to the restrictions of nineteenth century music. Today we are fighting for…

— John Cage

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

— John Otto

Percussion is so good for me!

— Alison Sudol

Oh, I'm not a percussionist, I just like to hit things.

— Tom Waits

I think I can only help to expose percussion to all sorts of people. The balance between the lighter and more serious side is…

— Evelyn Glennie

The possibilities of percussion sounds, I believe, have never been fully realized

— Charles Ives

Our main thing we'd have to entertain us: All my uncles would come over, and we'd sit around the living room on a weekend…

— Dickey Betts

As a drumset player I look outside the typical canon of drums - jazz and rock. When I hear something like the "Monkey Chant",…

— Glenn Kotche

I guess I have some kind of a visceral connection with drums. I'm looking to create music that people can react to viscerally, and…

— Rostam Batmanglij

My mother says I have boring percussion.

— Stephin Merritt

Actually, it's great to play with someone who tries to come up with interesting drum beats because it pushes the music in different directions.

— Mike Gordon