Basements Quote by John Densmore

Bass players and drummers are like brothers, working in the basement, cooking up the groove. If they don't lock together with the feel, the…

— John Densmore

Both my brothers are drummers.

— Sharon Van Etten

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

— Pat Smear

All the guys I know that play guitar are also secretly drummers and vice versa.

— Mark Lanegan

It's really important for the bass and the drums to somehow blend.

— Mike Gordon

A bass player has to think and play like a bass player. A drummer has to play and think like a drummer, and stay…

— Hunter Hayes

I'm a bass player and I'm a drummer - I'm a big fan of bass players.

— DJ Premier

But primarily, the drummer's supposed to sit back there and swing the band.

— Buddy Rich

To me, groups of musicians playing together, not fighting each other, but playing a groove together is one of the most exciting things to…

— Phil Collins

When drum'n'bass happened, when the two-step/garage thing happened, there was a chart smash every week; it operated on the underground and the pinnacle of…

— Kieran Hebden

The drummer's always going to be there. They're the floor of the whole deal and everyone can stand up on you.

— Ringo Starr

My family is all musicians - my dad plays drums, my mom plays flute, my older brother plays drums, my little brother plays drums…

— Thundercat