Always Quote by Steven Adler

I listened to Buddy Rich a lot, and also to guys like Clive Bunker, the original drummer from Jethro Tull. All these guys had…

— Marky Ramone

I consider every drummer that ever played before me an influence, in every way.

— Buddy Rich

My main influences have always been the classic jazz players who sang, like Louis Armstrong and Nat King Cole and Jack Teagarden.

— Mose Allison

As far as drummers are concerned, when I was a child growing up I was really attracted to artists like Gene Kupra and Louis…

— Bill Ward

Every drummer that had a name, had a name because of his individual playing. He didn't sound like anybody else, So everybody that I…

— Buddy Rich

My father was a jazz listener, and I think, at least before I was 5, I was not so into that. Although there were…

— Wallace Shawn

I was a beginner again. I practiced hard and used to listen very closely to recordings of American jazz drummers such as Tony Williams…

— Jamie Muir

I'm a street player, and all of my influences come from bands that I was listening to at the time when I was growing…

— Joey Kramer

The most inspiring drummer for me is Stewart Copeland from The Police. The Police are the first band I can remember really liking, and…

— Panda Bear

My drummer, Gene Lake, is Oliver Lake's son. So I certainly have wide tastes, in not only what I listen to, but what I…

— David Sanborn

If you mess around with jazz, you better have a good drummer and a good bass player.

— Gunther Schuller

I've grown up with jazz - the Joe Hendersons, Oliver Nelsons, Miles Davis and stuff - but I was also listening to, like, Slipknot,…

— Thundercat