Drummer Quote by Henry David Thoreau

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the…

— Henry David Thoreau

“Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed and in such desperate enterprises? If a man does not keep pace with his…

— Henry David Thoreau

Every man must walk to the beat of his own drummer.

— Henry David Thoreau

I have an erratic drummer for anybody who's just listening to this, he can keep time, but just in spurts.

— Demetri Martin

Drummers are conductors - we set the pace for the music - so if you're not relaxed and feeling right, the whole thing goes…

— Steven Adler

Historically, musicians know what it is like to be outside the norm - walking the high wire without a safety net. Our experience is…

— Billy Joel

Just because you're not a drummer doesn't mean you don't have to keep time.

— Thelonious Monk

Before you can follow your own drummer, you have to hear the drummer.

— Srikumar Rao

You ever hear Buddy Miles play the drums? You know, he doesn't vary the tempo at all.

— Miles Davis

Drummers are like sharks. They have to move all the time or they die.

— Pat Smear

How can you not love a man banging on the drums? He knows how to keep a rhythm.

— Malin Akerman

Jazz drummers traditionally are not always prepared to just hold down the beat; it's like they're soloing the whole time.

— Steven Wilson