Awful Quote by Shel Silverstein

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

— Peter Erskine

Our main thing we'd have to entertain us: All my uncles would come over, and we'd sit around the living room on a weekend…

— Dickey Betts

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

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

I've always liked drums to be bright and powerful. I've never used cymbals much. I use them to crash into a solo and out…

— John Bonham

As a drumset player I look outside the typical canon of drums - jazz and rock. When I hear something like the "Monkey Chant",…

— Glenn Kotche

I really just wanted to play the drum set and match that. I was never really into the percussion thing.

— John Otto

It's been years and years and years I've been playing the drums, and they're still a challenge. I still enjoy using drumsticks and a…

— Charlie Watts

We need to play each others instruments.

— Steven Johnson

The possibilities of percussion sounds, I believe, have never been fully realized

— Charles Ives

The drums can get pretty boring as a solo instrument.

— Danny Carey

And this is our time-keeper, with a passion for percussion

— Leonard Cohen