Conductor Quote by Steven Adler

Drummers shouldn't just think of themselves as drummers. If you're going to be a musician, you should expand your horizons, compose things, and work…

— Stewart Copeland

When you want to form a band, there's always an overwhelming lack of drummers.

— Yusaku Maezawa

When you are drumming and really feeling the music, the beat, it is like you are transported to a different place, where you feel…

— Mickey Hart

Drummers - sometimes they play and they listen. And that little listen takes a speck away from the right tempo.

— Miles Davis

Drummers are like sharks. They have to move all the time or they die.

— Pat Smear

Drummers get bored. You tell them to play something simple, and it gets more complicated as they do it. If they're not a composer,…

— Phil Collins

In respect for drummers, see, I love drummers.

— Miles Davis

They're simply following what was laid down in front and they play the same thing. So, there's no great challenge In being a classical…

— Buddy Rich

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

— Buddy Rich

Just because you're not a drummer doesn't mean you don't have to keep time.

— Thelonious Monk

A lot of drummers get sidetracked by the instrument. It can engulf you.

— Tre Cool

Historically, musicians know what it is like to be outside the norm - walking the high wire without a safety net. Our experience is…

— Billy Joel