Excited Quote by Patty Schemel

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

— Chris Adler

Talking about music and talking about drums brings me back to my beginning and the simplicity, and the excitement about trying to play something…

— Patty Schemel

As a kid, you put musicians on a pedestal - well, I did. The more you meet bands, and the more you hang around…

— Sharon Van Etten

Young people have decided they like to listen to music in a certain way, through ear buds, and that's fine with me as long…

— Prince

It's fun hitting on the drums and singing songs.

— Rachel Trachtenburg

When I was 12, I happened to see a schoolmate playing percussion, and it looked interesting. I asked for lessons, and it felt right.

— Evelyn Glennie

With drumming, I've done so many hours on stage in past bands and have been playing in bands for my whole life so I'm…

— G Flip

Being such a big band is never a problem but it can be distracting.

— Chris Martin

I don't care how good you are at it, but if you don't enjoy playing drums, you aren't in touch with a facet of…

— RJD2

Playing drums is how I communicate. It's how I speak to people. That's my God-given gift.

— Joey Jordison

For me, it's always easier playing with a drummer.

— John Petrucci

There's nothing I like better than talking to kids, just sharing the music with them. To relate to them, you need to play songs…

— Jake Shimabukuro