Drummer Quote by Thelonious Monk Download Open image “Just because you're not a drummer doesn't mean you don't have to keep time.” — Thelonious Monk ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.6 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Don Time Drummer Drummer Doesn Inspirational Jazz Just Drummer Mean Monk Time
That's what the drummer is supposed to do. Keep the time. If you can do something else besides that, fine. But the time is… — Elvin Jones Copy Share Image
As a drummer, you're always fighting for a level that you never quite attain. — Damien Chazelle Copy Share Image
When you want to form a band, there's always an overwhelming lack of drummers. — Yusaku Maezawa Copy Share Image
In my case, it's hard to be like a simple drummer who doesn't play all over the place. — Fab Moretti Copy Share Image
Drummers are conductors - we set the pace for the music - so if you're not relaxed and feeling right, the whole thing goes… — Steven Adler Copy Share Image
In hindsight, if I could go back in time and relay a message to my younger self, I would tell him to work on… — Taylor Hawkins Copy Share Image
I don't consider myself a great drummer. I consider myself just a music fan that's a very, very passionate artist, and the drums just… — Mike Portnoy Copy Share Image
Everyone is influenced by everybody but you bring it down home the way you feel it. — Thelonious Monk Copy Share Image
A note can be as small as a pin or as big as the world, it depends on your imagination. — Thelonious Monk Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, some of the guys would try to get me to hate white people for what they've been doing to… — Thelonious Monk Copy Share Image
Don't play everything (or every time); let some things go by... What you don't play can be more important than what you do. — Thelonious Monk Copy Share Image
I have to listen to New York; I live there. I wasn't born there, but I've been living there all my life. — Thelonious Monk Copy Share Image
I was playing birthday parties. House-rent parties where they used to sell whisky during prohibition. — Thelonious Monk Copy Share Image
I usually write from the rhythm section...If a drummer got a funky beat on some things - like a half-shuffle or a shuffle or… — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
My motivation for being a good drummer was born out of fear, which, in a way, seems so antithetical to what art should be. — Damien Chazelle Copy Share Image
Metallica's the only band i've ever been in. I'm not sure that when it ends in five, ten years, I'm going to put an… — Lars Ulrich Copy Share Image
Imagine if you were a drummer, and you accidentally picked up two magic wands instead of sticks. There you are, keeping the beat, the… — Mitch Hedberg Copy Share Image
I used to be a drummer in a band, and I really loved playing the drums, so I look forward to the right opportunity… — Zedd Copy Share Image
The drums have hogged a lot of the credit. We're as much -- or more -- *cymbal* players, as we are drummers. — Peter Erskine Copy Share Image
That's the thing that we said about the horn before: it's a focus issue. It's like a singer versus a drummer. If a drummer's… — Charlie Hunter Copy Share Image
There is no roles. No one is keeping any roles. The drummer is also answering everybody and everything. So it is a constant conversation… — Miroslav Vitous Copy Share Image
I'm a pretty good drummer. I'm pretty good at guitar, bass and piano. I can play accordion; I'm not virtuoso. I've played cello before.… — Brendon Urie Copy Share Image
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