Audience Quote by Peter Criss

I don't really move onstage; all I do is just gradually hunch more and more and jut out at the people in the front…

— Al Madrigal

But primarily, the drummer's supposed to sit back there and swing the band.

— Buddy Rich

Too many drummers sit at the back covered in drums, and you never see them.

— Tommy Lee

Anytime you strike the drums, you have to be aware that you're creating a musical event.

— Vinnie Colaiuta

Playing drums or music, being a musician, is inside of you. So you would always see me tapping on something, playing on tables... I…

— Eric Hernandez

Even when I go do comedy stuff live, I can still feel the drummer in me about to go onstage.

— Fred Armisen

When you perform in front of an audience after only two days of rehearsal, you're flying by the seat of your pants - particularly…

— Michael Richards

I'm super serious about that stuff. I mean, it's rare that I sit down at a drum set when I'm not touring, because we…

— Travis Barker

When I was a kid, I played drums, and when I first got a 4-track, I would put down drumbeats and then do the…

— Yngwie Malmsteen

While I was sitting back on drums for years, I was watching how the lead singer interacts with the crowd, how the bass guitarist…

— G Flip

I always thought it would be really cool to be playing the drums in the show and then have your astral body or whatever…

— Bill Kreutzmann

Before you can follow your own drummer, you have to hear the drummer.

— Srikumar Rao