Effects Quote by J Mascis

People say I play real loud. I don't, actually. I'm recorded loud and a lot of that is because we have good engineers. Mick…

— Charlie Watts

Drums just always sounded like the most fun part of that good music for me.

— Levon Helm

There's so much to be said for making your guitar sound like a synthesizer and try to make your drummer sound like a drum…

— Matt Tong

Energy wise, playing the drums was a lot of fun; I just felt like it was a natural fit for me.

— Hank Williams III

I got tired of different drum sounds so you buy different effects for more manipulation.

— Ikue Mori

I wanted to play drums because I fell in love with the glitter and the lights, but it wasn't about adulation. It was being…

— Charlie Watts

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

— John Otto

Anytime I switch to another instrument, I immediately turn it into another kind of drum so that I can understand it better.

— Levon Helm

It's harder to play drums than guitar, physically. I'm always kind of on the edge. I guess that's how I play everything: on the…

— J Mascis

When you are drumming and really feeling the music, the beat, it is like you are transported to a different place, where you feel…

— Mickey Hart

I mean, when it gets down to it I just wanted to play the drums. The rest of it never meant that much to…

— Bill Kreutzmann

When I write in the studio, I tend to gravitate toward the ability to play really loud, aggressive, post-punk stuff, with big, heavy guitars…

— Tom DeLonge