Quote by Tom Waits Download Open image “Oh, I'm not a percussionist, I just like to hit things.” — Tom Waits ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare
I love more percussions more than anything. I always wanted to be a drummer. — Pharoah Sanders Copy Share Image
Since I was a child, I was yearning to learn about percussion because that's what I loved. — Jain Copy Share Image
I really just wanted to play the drum set and match that. I was never really into the percussion thing. — John Otto Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I think percussions just been lying dormant in me for some time, and my musical aspirations have been unlocked now I have the time. — Dion Dublin Copy Share Image
Percussion music is revolution. Sound and rhythm have too long been submissive to the restrictions of nineteenth century music. Today we are fighting for… — John Cage Copy Share Image
I studied percussion as a music student, and I didn't have the best of timing, so I could never make it as a professional,… — Lorne Balfe Copy Share Image
The possibilities of percussion sounds, I believe, have never been fully realized — Charles Ives Copy Share Image
I think I can only help to expose percussion to all sorts of people. The balance between the lighter and more serious side is… — Evelyn Glennie Copy Share Image
Most of us have the residue of thousands of songs in our ears, that if you end up songwriting, I think you're mostly smoking… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
Bill Hicks - blowtorch, excavator, truthsayer, and brain specialist. He will correct your vision. Others will drive on the road he built. — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
“an all time favorite: "The large print giveth, the small print taketh away.” — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
For a songwriter, you don't really go to songwriting school; you learn by listening to tunes. And you try to understand them and take… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
The world is a hellish place, and bad writing is destroying the quality of our suffering. — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
I'm always looking for sounds that are pleasing at the time. The sound of a helicopter is really annoying until you're drowning, and it's… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
I was born in the back seat of a Yellow Cab in a hospital loading zone and with the meter still running. I emerged… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
There's not much difference between what I appear to be on stage and what I am. I think people like that, that I'm not… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
