About Quote by John Otto

I don't like drums dictating the song; like when you hear a fill and then you know the chorus is coming up.

— Adam Granduciel

Usually I like to have them, but going drum-less pushes everything in a new direction and makes it easier to keep things sounding different.

— J Mascis

When I sit behind that electronic drum, it dominates me; there is no innovation in composing music like that.

— Sivamani

The drums are what drives the whole thing. It's the backbone of the song.

— Patty Schemel

It's the things that you notice when you're not actually with your instrument that, in fact, become so interesting, and that you - you…

— Evelyn Glennie

To me, I always felt like drums have to be the support and the driving factor in a song, and there's places where the…

— Vinnie Paul

Drums usually seem to tune themselves.

— Levon Helm

The problem you get with most today's drum samples is that when you use them, you sound like everyone else using them.

— Joey Sturgis

There's so much that you can do if you mimic your style to a drum machine. I think that's far more exciting.

— Matt Tong

Anytime you strike the drums, you have to be aware that you're creating a musical event.

— Vinnie Colaiuta

As with any art, you create it [drumming] out of something that isn't there. It's very architectural. It's the architecture of whatever piece of…

— Max Weinberg

Drummers get bored. You tell them to play something simple, and it gets more complicated as they do it. If they're not a composer,…

— Phil Collins