Beat Quote by Tay Keith

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

— Charles Ives

There's so much to be said for making your guitar sound like a synthesizer and try to make your drummer sound like a drum…

— Matt Tong

I was able to interpret the difference between the sharp, quick sound and the slow, deep sound of percussion and manipulate it, get a…

— Sunny Murray

I love the percussion. It's a right brain, left brain thing. There are different beats, but cooperating together. It's your whole body doing it,…

— Shalom Harlow

Percussion is so good for me!

— Alison Sudol

The thing about playing percussion is that you can create all these emotions that can be sometimes beautiful, sometimes really ugly, or sometimes sweet,…

— Evelyn Glennie

When you've got insane drums and a lot of guitar, it's really hard to mix the vocals, to mix it all well.

— Marnie Stern

Actually, it's great to play with someone who tries to come up with interesting drum beats because it pushes the music in different directions.

— Mike Gordon

My drum set up never gets that crazy or out of the ordinary.

— Josh Freese

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

— John Otto

I kind of go to the beat of my own drum.

— Richard Sherman

I don't try to make one thing. I really try to experiment, even if its just the vocals or the beat. I can't really…

— J.I.D