Chrome Quote by Neil Peart

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

I thought if I played the drums I could at least hide behind the cymbals if I was no good.

— David Essex

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

I was a kid, and I wasn't even sure if I wanted to play the drums, you know? All I wanted to do was…

— Travis Barker

My mum had a cousin that had played when he was younger. When I showed an interest in drumming, he showed me how to…

— Al Murray

Drums were my first instrument.

— Dick Dale

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

There was always a guitar hanging around the house when I was a kid. It was a much lower impact instrument than me playing…

— John Rzeznik

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

— Peter Erskine

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

I have to give my family credit for putting up with the racket, because as some of you may know, its not the easiest…

— Max Weinberg

My talent for playing the drums was a gift from God.

— Keith Thibodeaux