Band Quote by Mike Portnoy Download Open image “You don't have to be a great drummer to be the most important guy in the band.” — Mike Portnoy ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Band Drummer Drummer Important Great Great Drummer Guy Band Important Important Guy Most Music making
I don't consider myself a great drummer. I consider myself just a music fan that's a very, very passionate artist, and the drums just… — Mike Portnoy Copy Share Image
When you want to form a band, there's always an overwhelming lack of drummers. — Yusaku Maezawa Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I never professed to be a great drummer but I was a very heavy drummer. — Dave Clark Copy Share Image
If you have a great band with a mediocre drummer, you have a mediocre band. If you have a mediocre band with a great… — Duke Ellington Copy Share Image
I know that drummers tend to be the butt of a thousand jokes, usually from the uninformed and untalented, but I always felt I… — Roger Taylor Copy Share Image
My lesson would be to not sell yourself to anybody else and stay true to yourself. — Mike Portnoy Copy Share Image
One of the biggest misconceptions was, after I left Dream Theater, I went off and did, like, five different bands and side projects. Everyone… — Mike Portnoy Copy Share Image
I don't even like doing drum solos live; to me, it's like, 'Ehhh.' It doesn't really interest me. — Mike Portnoy Copy Share Image
I am looking forward to working with the great staff of Loud & Proud Records, some of whom I worked very closely with during… — Mike Portnoy Copy Share Image
I'm a music fan first and foremost. I can find the beauty in Jellyfish and U2 just as much as Opeth and Lamb of… — Mike Portnoy Copy Share Image
It's all about the music, and I work as hard as I do strictly because of the music. It's not a money thing; it's… — Mike Portnoy Copy Share Image
One of the reasons I needed to leave Dream Theater was because I didn't want to end my career as just the drummer in… — Mike Portnoy Copy Share Image
I have no interest in playing 'perfect.' To me, it's more about being an entertainer. Having a connection with the audience. — Mike Portnoy Copy Share Image
I am - you know, I'm getting to do everything I've ever wanted to do, anything my imagination can think up. I'm getting to… — Mike Portnoy Copy Share Image
The reason I was drawn to the Band Perry was because they have a knack for doing rollicking country music that can sound a… — Phoebe Robinson Copy Share Image
It was an important period for us, because even though we weren't a "punk band", and what became a model for a punk band,… — Stephen Mallinder Copy Share Image
There is something to be said though when you have 4 or 5 guys playing with no net, there is a sense of urgency,… — Marco Mendoza Copy Share Image
My Nirvana experience was much different than the other three guys. For me, it was really new and exciting. I was just a guy… — Pat Smear Copy Share Image
I think my music has always been a mixture, depending on whom I'm working with - what band, what musicians, what producer. — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
As you'll never hear the thing again, my boy, why not throw in a couple of brass bands? — Thomas Beecham Copy Share Image
I've always made sure that I tour with bands that people aren't expecting me to tour with. — Mayer Hawthorne Copy Share Image
There is more to me than just having been in the Runaways. And even though I'm really, really proud of what the band accomplished,… — Jackie Fuchs Copy Share Image
I like the bad-boy types. Generally the guy I'm attracted to is the guy in the club with all the tattoos and nail polish.… — Megan Fox Copy Share Image
I just became accustomed to being all the members of the band. That was something that was really exciting to me. — Jacob Collier Copy Share Image
I guess because we're essentially a two-man band, we're attracting Wham's crowd. But Wham! are more of a businessman's band. — Curt Smith Copy Share Image
