Athlete Quote by Neil Peart

Drumming's pretty physical. We sit at the back of the stage getting beat up like a workhorse.

— Tommy Lee

I read somewhere that drummers are practically Olympic athletes. I feel pretty good, most of the time. After 38 years, I can't expect much…

— Michael Bland

Drumming is so hard.

— Chandler Riggs

I play drums, and I'd recommend it to anyone, except maybe your neighbors. It's great exercise - physical, mental, emotional, and social. It takes…

— Greg Saunier

The drumming helps a lot when I'm producing songs or writing songs. My knowledge of drums helps more in that aspect, (although) I don't…

— Bruno Mars

Actually, it's great to play with someone who tries to come up with interesting drum beats because it pushes the music in different directions.

— Mike Gordon

Drumming is not worrying about what you can't do. It's about having fun with what you can do.

— Chris Adler

I don't want to preach, but I really think the rudiments are very important to developing your drumming skills. Many of the patterns I've…

— Phil Collins

You can't exactly practice all the time. Drumming is hard on the road.

— G Flip

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

I have been drumming my whole life.

— Jeremy Piven

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