Cymbals Quote by Meredith Brooks

What a young musician's dream, to say, "Look at those chrome drums. Look at that 22-inch ride cymbal. I'll have those." It was one…

— Neil Peart

A much talking judge is an ill-tuned cymbal.

— Francis Bacon

I don't like symbolism that hits you over the head. A symbol should not be a cymbal.

— Edward Albee

The drums have hogged a lot of the credit. We're as much -- or more -- *cymbal* players, as we are drummers.

— Peter Erskine

More than any other drummer, Ringo Starr changed my life. The impact and memory of that band on Ed Sullivan Show in 1964 will…

— Max Weinberg

You know, another jazz drummer, Ed Thigpen, who played with Oscar Peterson way back - it was the first time I ever heard rivets…

— John Densmore

In my old age, I've learned that if I put the right cymbal crash in the very right spot, exactly, it can be as…

— John Densmore

When I lived in Seattle and Oregon, we partied, which is a large reason I don't know drugs or alcohol now because I saw…

— Meredith Brooks

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angles, but am note nice, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging…

— Anonymous

If Bill jumps into something that relies on a lot of cymbals, I'll jump into something that relies on a lot of skin sounds;…

— Pat Mastelotto

I like referring to the saxophone and having a guitar lick instead. Same with the cymbals; having the cymbals and not playing cymbals.

— Mike Gordon

I had been composing just for myself, and people would say I played so orchestrally, and wondered if I thought about having someone write…

— Terry Bozzio