Always Quote by Nick Mason

I like loud snare, and I like really treble-y guitars, and that's just never going to change.

— Kathleen Hanna

The only time I can ever remember Steven crying over any of it was after my treatment, when I tried to use my foot…

— Jordan Sonnenblick

In the late '80s and early '90s, there was a slightly retro drum sound that was popular in hip-hop music called the 808 bass…

— Steve Albini

I play a percussion instrument, not a musical saw; it needs no amplification. Where it's needed, they put a microphone in front of the…

— Buddy Rich

“The big bass drum in my head started booming again. Guilt made way too much noise.”

— Shelley Coriell

I love the percussion. It's a right brain, left brain thing. There are different beats, but cooperating together. It's your whole body doing it,…

— Shalom Harlow

I like a bass drum. A big one.

— Phil Elverum

I just love the hypnosis of a single bass drum.

— Jon Hopkins

I can preach until your deaf and dumb, I'm in that soul saving army beating on that big bass drum.

— Elvis Presley

Could have called back just to say som' I'm fall back in the bass drum

— Nicki Minaj

I've always done a bass and drum solo that lasts about 10 minutes. The main thing is to use it only when you need to.

— Suzi Quatro

The bass should be the note of the bass drum, and then you've got the engine of the band that everything else builds on.…

— Suzi Quatro