Artist Quote by Mike Portnoy

I never professed to be a great drummer but I was a very heavy drummer.

— Dave Clark

To me, a great drummer isn't always about somebody with chops who can shred. A great drummer is someone who is part of a…

— Mike Portnoy

I can't consider myself a drummer any more.

— Phil Collins

I don't want people to think that I think I'm this great drummer because, to me, I'm just a kid playing drums, and I…

— Mike Portnoy

I'm a terrible drummer. I can tune 'em pretty good, but I'm a pretty bad drummer.

— J. Robbins

I'm a drummer that's what really I am, and it's gone downhill from there!

— David Essex

It takes a pretty good drummer to be better than no drummer at all.

— Chet Baker

I'm a good guy, and I'm a pretty good drummer, by the way.

— Phil Rudd

You don't have to be a great drummer to be the most important guy in the band.

— Mike Portnoy

Drummers shouldn't just think of themselves as drummers. If you're going to be a musician, you should expand your horizons, compose things, and work…

— Stewart Copeland

I find that drummers are the coolest people in the world. I play a little bit of drums.

— Synyster Gates

I've always identified myself as a drummer first and foremost - I'm pretty obsessed with rhythm.

— Glenn Kotche