Quotes about Drums

Drums all have their own particulars - each drum has a place where they sound the best - where they ring out and resonate the best, and the head surface isn't too loose or too tight, mainly so you get a good rebound off of the head. Votes: 4

Drums usually seem to tune themselves. Votes: 3

Drums, bass, guitar, keys, I play a little of each of those. Votes: 3

Drums were my first instrument, my first love. I need rhythm, something that moves. Votes: 3

Drums just always sounded like the most fun part of that good music for me. Votes: 3

I don’t think the drums are a solo instrument. Drums are there to set the beat for the music. Votes: 3

The hardest instruments for women to play are bass and drums. Drums because of the physicality needed and bass just because its heavy and it's not an easy instrument to play. Votes: 3

Pop guns! And bicycles! Roller skates! Drums! Checkerboards! Tricycles! Popcorn! And plums! And he stuffed them in bags. Then the Grinch, very nimbly, Stuffed all the bags, one by one, up the chimbley! Votes: 3

I don't regard myself as a great classical or jazz pianist. I like country music, but I'm not a great player. I just like music. Drums 'n' bass is pretty exciting and I'd love to explore it. Votes: 3

I think the drummer should sit back there and play some drums, and never mind about the tunes. Just get up there and wail behind whoever is sitting up there playing the solo. And this is what is lacking, definitely lacking in music today. Votes: 3

I wanted to play drums, and I got a set when I was 14 and just started to play in the house, to the stereo. I liked Ringo Starr, of course. And Sandy Nelson. I had his record, 'Let There Be Drums,' and I'd play along with it. Votes: 3

We stopped and listened. Just on the cusp of hearing I detected a rhythmic pounding, more a vibration in the concrete than a sound.'Drums,' I said and then because I couldn't resist it. 'Drums in the deep.''Drum and Bass in the deep,' said Kumar. Votes: 3

Then the room relaxed in cheers and babbling, and she turned in his arms to kiss him hard and cling to him, and he thought perhaps it didn't matter that they faced in opposite directions - so long as they faced each other.' Roger Wakefield {Drums Of Autumn} Votes: 3

Playing my drums is therapy. Votes: 2

I don't have perfect pitch. My drums sound like a drummer, not a drum machine. Votes: 2

I'm not a singer who plays a bit of drums. I'm a drummer that sings a bit. Votes: 2

I think I love it more as I get older because I keep getting better on drums, vibes and piano. Votes: 2

First and foremost I am a drummer. After that, I'm other things... But I didn't play drums to make money. Votes: 2

My way of relaxing was always doing the opposite and playing the drums, but I need to be able to actually chill. Votes: 2

When I listen to music these days, and I hear Pro Tools and drums that sound like a machine - it kinda sucks the life out of music. Votes: 2

I don't mind doing two or three Eagles songs and playing the drums. I'm not one of those artists who's going to sit here and deny the past. Votes: 2

Think of what happened after 9/11, the minute before there was any assessment, there was glee in the administration because now we can invade Iraq, and so the war drums beat. Votes: 2

The drums of Africa still beat in my heart. They will not let me rest while there is a single Negro boy or girl without a chance to prove his worth. Votes: 2

I just love crafting and shaping sounds. Actually, many of the sounds that I work with start off as organic instruments - guitar, piano, clarinet, etc. But I do love the rigidity of electronic drums. Votes: 2

Dude, I love playing drums, and I love being on stage, and I love recording. It's my life... it's been my life, all my life, and I don't think it could ever become boring for me. Votes: 2

I taught myself how to play the guitar, I taught myself how to play the drums, and I kind of fake doing both of them. But drumming comes more natural to me, and it just feels better. Votes: 2

I was a kid, and I wasn't even sure if I wanted to play the drums, you know? All I wanted to do was skateboard, but I was still learning and taking it in, so it was good. Votes: 2

Almost everything I've done, I've done through my own creativity. I don't think I ever had to listen to anyone else to learn how to play drums. I wish I could say that for about ten thousand other drummers. Votes: 2

I started drumming around the same time I came across this part of American history. But there seemed to be a way forward playing drums. There didn't seem to be a way forward being fascinated by a piece of history. Votes: 2

Like my best friend, I asked for drums for Christmas, and got them. But when he moved on to guitar, I realized two things: (1) guitar is a much more expressive instrument, (2) way more girls pay attention to guitar players than to drummers. Votes: 2

It's a miracle was the last track recorded for the album, we based it on the rhythm from the middle of 'Late Home Tonight, where there's Graham Broad playing lots and lots of drums with me shouting in the background, pretending to be a mad Arab leader. Votes: 2

I've always loved the mixture of crushing live drums with a programmed groove, that really cool blend, like in the verse there's a really funky drum beat that is programmed then it comes in to the chorus; you've got that enormous human feel where the band kicks in. Votes: 2

I can play a bunch of instruments but drums? My brother's a drummer and I've always been jealous that he's such a good drummer. I always try to play but it's always kinda just bashing. I can keep time but no one really wants to hear me play drums. Votes: 2

Writing songs is an essential part of my life: my mother teaches piano, and I have inherited my grandparents' passion for music, especially from my grandfather Tommy, who was a great drummer. It's no coincidence that I play the drums best, but I am also good with the guitar and the piano. Votes: 2

U2 are a great band; they've given us an unbelievable body of work, and all of us musicians owe them at least something. I can honestly say that every time I have played the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado, as soon as my drums are set up, I go into the beat of 'Sunday Bloody Sunday.' Votes: 2

It's much easier to have a diversified career as an electronic musician than it is as a drummer. Nothing against drummers. If you're a drummer, you just wait around for people to ask you to play drums. But if you have your own studio and can make music, you have the ability to approach music a lot differently. Votes: 2

I play bass. I play a bit of guitar. I've never been to a lesson, so my theory of music is non-existent in any instrument, but we always had guitars around. My dad taught me to play drums for 'Love Actually,' and I still play drums now. But I'm not a 'drummer.' I'm not a 'guitarist.' I'm trying to be a bassist. Votes: 2

Playing the drums hurts my back. Votes: 0

I love drums and still play frequently. Votes: 0

You can't beat 2 guitars, bass, and drums. Votes: 0

I like drums, really, if they're under control. Votes: 0

I played drums on Keith Carradine's first record. Votes: 0

My son, Wolfgang, plays drums, guitars and bass. Votes: 0

Most great records really start with the drums. Votes: 0

I do play drums when I'm on tour. Votes: 0

You can't beat two guitars, bass, and drums. Votes: 0

I've played drums in bands since I was 16. Votes: 0

I've been playing the drums since age nine. Votes: 0

I am just a guy who plays drums. Votes: 0

I just want to make music on the drums. Votes: 0

It's fun hitting on the drums and singing songs. Votes: 0

Krupa's drums went through us like a triple bourbon. Votes: 0

I play drums, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, french horn, piano. Votes: 0

The most memorable moment was playing drums with Bob Dylan. Votes: 0

Speaking in a common tongue, speaking through guitars and drums. Votes: 0

I bathe in basslines, rinse in riffs, dry in drums Votes: 0

To get your playing more forceful, hit the drums harder. Votes: 0

I play guitar, piano, and I'm learning to play the drums. Votes: 0

People who don't take care of their drums really annoy me. Votes: 0

My talent for playing the drums was a gift from God. Votes: 0

It's really important for the bass and the drums to somehow blend. Votes: 0

Like a ghostly roll of drums remorselessly beat the measure of life. Votes: 0

My brother is an excellent songwriter, and I play guitar and drums. Votes: 0

My first album is like a terrible John Hammond album, with drums. Votes: 0

I still believe in the need for guitars and drums and desperate poetry. Votes: 0

Monk encouraged me to emancipate the drums from their subservient role as timekeepers. Votes: 0

I actually wanted to be a drummer, but I didn't have any drums. Votes: 0

A CD of great music and drums that punch with power and energy. Votes: 0

I used to play drums when I was a kid, play the trombone. Votes: 0

Everywhere you look on the planet people are using drums to alter consciousness. Votes: 0

The president's rattling the saber and beating the drums may have an effect. Votes: 0

I'll play drums a lot at home, and it will help my wrist action. Votes: 0

The drums are what drives the whole thing. It's the backbone of the song. Votes: 0

She [Beyonce] is just an energetic performer and she loves drums. She loves edge. Votes: 0

I play, like, 12 instruments. Guitar, piano, harmonica, African drums... I'm working on mastering the accordion. Votes: 0

The most persistent sound which reverberates through man's history is the beating of war drums. Votes: 0

Sound drums and trumpets! Farewell sour annoy! For here, I hope, begins our lasting joy. Votes: 0

And at dawn, the drums still beat on the sleepless plain like an unstoppable heart. Votes: 0

Some days I pray to the God of sex and drums and rock and roll. Votes: 0

Still for fun, I play the drums, but I don't do much recording with them. Votes: 0

I play the drums, and I'm trying to teach myself how to play the piano. Votes: 0

Beating drums while doing a kindness to someone is a very ugly show of ego! Votes: 0

Beating drums while doing a kindness to somone is a very ugly show of ego! Votes: 0

I play Orange County drums. I love those guys. I've got a four piece kit. Votes: 0

For I am my mother's daughter, and the drums of Africa still beat in my heart. Votes: 0

I am proud of Kirk. I think he drums to his own drummer in every way. Votes: 0

no war really comes unexpectedly. The drums are beating long before a single shot is fired. Votes: 0

I've played in pipe bands in Scotland, and I've always played guitars and drums and stuff. Votes: 0

Anytime you strike the drums, you have to be aware that you're creating a musical event. Votes: 0

I started out when I was about 12, playing drums. I started singing when I was about 15. Votes: 0

As a composer I approached the drums differently than a non-composing drummer. I embraced drum machines. Votes: 0

I play piano and drums very poorly and French horn and tuba all equally as bad. Votes: 0

Beating the drums for Hawaii is not hard to do... the place just grows on you. Votes: 0

I don't consciously beat the drums for any cause, not even the negro in the United States. Votes: 0

I find that doing the drums last, coming from a drum history, really works well for me. Votes: 0

I play mostly guitar, and I played drums in my brother's band for a while growing up. Votes: 0

I definitely see the voice as an instrument: It makes great drums, great synth pads, great everything. Votes: 0

The current drum sample market isn't offering enough options in terms of how the drums are captured. Votes: 0

Music plays a very important role in my life. I'm a frustrated musician. I play the drums. Votes: 0

If I could play drums like Patrick Carney or Taylor Hawkins, I'd be a really happy person. Votes: 0

Guitar is for the head, drums are for the chest, but bass gets you in the groin Votes: 0

My dad used to play drums in a country band, and my mom is an incredible singer. Votes: 0

Most studios in Memphis had a house set of drums; the drummers just brought their own sticks. Votes: 0

Cello is my first instrument, then piano, drums, bass, violin, recorder, saxophone, but I'd never play them live! Votes: 0

So now I don't have time to practice drums. It's been five years since I've touched the drums. Votes: 0

Well I had a musical background, but I still didn't know a lot about drums at the time. Votes: 0

With horns and a full rhythm section, the drums always looked like the best seat in the house. Votes: 0

I have a drum set in my dressing room. I play drums to relax and have some fun. Votes: 0

How can you not love a man banging on the drums? He knows how to keep a rhythm. Votes: 0

It was never my first choice to be a singer/guitar player. I really wanted to play drums. Votes: 0

There was a saying in Umuofia that as a man danced so the drums were beaten for him. Votes: 0

I didn't feel the kind of joy every day playing drums that I thought you were supposed to feel. Votes: 0

I feel like I'm 11 again, with my drums. It doesn't matter if it's good or bad. I'm just playing. Votes: 0

Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the citizenry into a patriotic fervor. Votes: 0

I never studied anything, really. I didn't study the drums. I joined bands and made all the mistakes onstage. Votes: 0

Touch not the flute when drums are sounding around; when fools have the word, the wise will be silent. Votes: 0

Guardians of glory bless the rage of the raqs... in the ambiance that beats with drums of oriental stories. Votes: 0

I pretty much isolated myself away from drums. I stopped looking at Modern Drummer, I stopped looking at websites. Votes: 0

I expect if you're a professional public speaker, you probably wouldn't want to go onstage and sing and play drums. Votes: 0

I like to combine the dramatic emotional warmth of strings with the grooves and body business of drums and bass. Votes: 0

Drum on your drums, batter on your banjos, sob on the long cool winding saxophones. Go to it, O jazzmen. Votes: 0

I play drums and guitar, I snowboard, I do martial arts and acrobatics. I go to the movies every Friday. Votes: 0

I prefer recording drums in the analog format, but that does not mean I would only do it that way. Votes: 0

I listen to Bill Stewart play the drums and when I have finished doing that, I listen to Bill Stewart. Votes: 0

I think I love it more as I get older because I keep getting better on drums, vibes and piano Votes: 0

You know, my sister sings, my brother plays drums in my band. My whole family is a bunch of musicians. Votes: 0

I have all the rhythm in my left hand, and I use the rhythms that Gene Krupa did on his drums. Votes: 0

I don't just strictly sample. I build. I'm a musician: I play piano and drums, I read notes, I write music. Votes: 0

I've just been recording mostly acoustic stuff, drums, and sax, and electric guitar. I'm just still writing songs and what not. Votes: 0

Music is a way of life, it's everything. I play drums and that's what I believe I was born to do. Votes: 0

I like actual songs and bands, but it's usually parts, like the production, the bassline, the drums, that I'm really attracted to. Votes: 0

Rock saved me. You can break drums and scream out loud - if you do that in the street you get arrested. Votes: 0

Simon: Anyone ever tell you your sense of timing really sucks? Derek: That's why I don't play the drums. Now what's up? Votes: 0

How can I wear the harness of toilAnd sweat at the daily round,While in my soul foreverThe drums of Pictdom sound? Votes: 0

The bass player's function, along with the drums, is to be the engine that drives the car... everything else is merely colours. Votes: 0

All I really had was a suitcase and my drums. So I took them up to Seattle and hoped it would work. Votes: 0

I'm definitely a guitar player, but it's the last thing I listen to in a song, after the singer and the drums. Votes: 0

...and for the last three minutes on the wind of a windless day I have heard the sound of drums and flute... Votes: 0

The drums have hogged a lot of the credit. We're as much -- or more -- *cymbal* players, as we are drummers. Votes: 0

Three times during the show the drums are lifted over the audience - I go up and out, right, left and back. Votes: 0

Yes, I love to play drums and bass and guitar and piano. Those are the main instruments I play. That is it. Votes: 0

When you've got insane drums and a lot of guitar, it's really hard to mix the vocals, to mix it all well. Votes: 0

I have often wondered why the sounds of the beating drums do not make the marching soldiers shoot their officers and go home. Votes: 0

If I don't channel pain into a song, I play my guitar or play the piano or play my drums, or go swimming. Votes: 0

I do seem to like to combine the dramatic emotional warmth of strings with the grooves and body business of drums and bass. Votes: 0

Queen and Bon Jovi, Aerosmith and Guns N' Roses - I had a huge rock-band mania. I play a little bit of drums. Votes: 0

I played trumpet in middle school, and then I had to get braces, so I had to stop playing trumpet and start playing drums. Votes: 0

I was kind of bored playing drums in a band. Which was depressing, because playing in the band was kind of a golden ticket. Votes: 0

I got into guitar because no parent will buy their eight-year-old kid drums, unless they're divorced and trying to get back at their wife. Votes: 0

I enjoy all kinds of music. But it is kind of strange when I do parodies, instead of setting up drums and guitar amps. Votes: 0

Psy Free was a trio consisting of guitar, organ and drums. I was the drummer. We did what the name suggests: psychedelic, free music. Votes: 0

I hate living in a really small apartment, living in a shoebox, not being able to play the drums, not having space. It sucks. Votes: 0

My mom had to beg the guys to let me play. I couldn't even play the drums right - Brian had to show me. Votes: 0

To play the drums, you have to spread your legs and use your arms. It's a very physical instrument to play. It's not feminine. Votes: 0

All I set out to do was to earn a living playing drums, you know? And as luck would have it, I've surpassed that. Votes: 0

I spent a lot of time lifting my drums into a van, playing to ten people night after night. I can't complain about anything now. Votes: 0

I play drums and guitar. My best instrument is definitely drums, so I'm featured a lot on the album drumming. It's pretty futuristic as well. Votes: 0

Art is long, and time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave. Votes: 0

I envy drummers. It must be the ultimate to sing and play drums at the same time. Phil Collins, no wonder he's so f... happy. Votes: 0

O it's Tommy this, and Tommy that, and Tommy 'ow's your soul/But it's thin red line of heroes when the drums begin to roll. Votes: 0

Louis Armstrong changed all the brass players around, but after Bird, all of the instruments had to change - drums, piano, bass, trombones, trumpets, saxophones, everything. Votes: 0

I love being in a band. I love playing with other human beings. I've never practiced drums unless there was another human being in the room. Votes: 0

It's been years and years and years I've been playing the drums, and they're still a challenge. I still enjoy using drumsticks and a snare drum. Votes: 0

Producers like to record all the drums first, then they do the bass, then all the guitars, so you're constantly moving from one song to another. Votes: 0

What I don't want to do is to go and buy a bunch of exotic-looking drums and set up an Afrikanische Musik in New York City. Votes: 0

You know, when I was younger I was into all kinds of art - drawing, painting, all that stuff. But I played drums, played piano forever. Votes: 0

A cap of good acid costs five dollars and for that you can hear the Universal Symphony with God singing solo and Holy Ghost on drums. Votes: 0

I'm not an upfront person. Being upfront is not my forte. I'm quite happy to stay in the back there with the drums, where I belong. Votes: 0

If I were to call it black music, that would be untrue. I don't know what that is, unless it would be some African drums or something. Votes: 0

I've been into music for a long time. I started playing drums when I was 8 and piano when I was 10, then bass and guitar when I was 18. Votes: 0

I played the drums, and I was in a band called Funkasaurus Rex in Toronto. When I left for school, it became hard to play as frequently. Votes: 0

The moon gives you light, and the bugles and the drums give you music, and my heart, O my soldiers, my veterans, my heart gives you love. Votes: 0

I wanted to play drums because I fell in love with the glitter and the lights, but it wasn't about adulation. It was being up there playing. Votes: 0

Always be different; don't follow the rules. Don't do what anyone tells you. Don't use the same sounds as people; don't use the same drums as people. Votes: 0

It's the team that matters. Where would The Beatles be without Ringo. If John got Yoko to play drums the history of music would be completely different. Votes: 0

It's harder to play drums than guitar, physically. I'm always kind of on the edge. I guess that's how I play everything: on the edge of my ability. Votes: 0

It's uncomfortable, definitely, but it's also really, really great to talk drums with kids and hear them get excited about music and talk about listening to the drums. Votes: 0

From the time I started playing solo drums, doing clinics and stuff, you know I think one of the largest selling clinics I ever did was in Chicago. Votes: 0

I can play the guitar, the dulcimer, the piano, and the drums. However, I am not a "performance quality" musician. Rather, I am a composer and a producer. Votes: 0

I try not to think about the drums themselves. If I do, I'll end up hitting myself in the head with a drumstick, or sustaining some weird injury. Votes: 0

From 13, I wanted to play drums. I wanted to play with good people and I'm still doing it. I still love it so that's why I do it. Votes: 0

If you listen to a lot of old funk records, the drums are really small. But you don't perceive it like that because the groove is so heavy. Votes: 0

I play guitar a bit. I'm trying to learn drums - I feel like I can play violin. I've never tried, but I just feel like I can. Votes: 0

Put me up in front of a million people and ask me to speak. I'll flop. But put me behind my drums and I'll always go with it. Votes: 0

I played some Yamaha drums that I like a lot. And I like the Yamaha people a lot too. They've been really nice to me and The Band. Votes: 0

I got my first set of drums when I was around 3. I went from band to marching band to Latin jazz band - it's like riding a bike. Votes: 0

I've got my ideal job. I like to sing, I like to dance, I like to bang drums and dress up, and someone pays me - it's incredible. Votes: 0

When I listen to the radio, I just hear so much music that doesn't even sound like people. The vocals are all tuned, and the drums are all fake. Votes: 0

I've played every instrument you could possibly think of for 10 minutes. So I'm mediocre at everything. I can play drums, guitar, piano, violin, saxophone, clarinet, flute... Just not well. Votes: 0

Nothing could be smarter, more splendid, more brilliant, better drawn up than two armies. Trumpets, fifes, hautboys, drums, cannons, formed a harmony such as never been heard in hell. Votes: 0

We decided to do some of Merle's things with modern instrumentation. We used a flute, a bass clarinet, a trumpet, a clarinet, drums, a guitar, vibes and a piano. Votes: 0

I got into guitar because no parent will buy their eight-year-old kid drums unless they're divorced and trying to get back at their wife. You know what I mean? Votes: 0

The women went berserk, to the accompaniment of 'When a Man Loves a Woman.' It was all bass and drums; the musical equivalent, Anna decided, of cheap aftershave. Votes: 0

I have always been drawn to percussion and drums, to bass and piano, in music much more then I am drawn to the guitar and the other lead instruments. Votes: 0

The golden rule of drums is hands clapping and feet tapping, and when you are in and out of consciousness, you can't do that to best of your ability. Votes: 0

I'm a huge Bob Marley fan; I remember going to Jamaica for the first time when I was a kid and I got so obsessed with the steel drums. Votes: 0

Suffice to say that the TG2, Germ pre and EQ, and TG1 are there anytime I track drums, TG2 for guitars and the LTD-1 is there whenever I do vocals! Votes: 0

The thorn is a bridge spanning the muddy depths of agony and sorrow so that one may on the other side dance to the drums of the rose of joy. Votes: 0

My mom passed away a day before high school started, and her dream was for me to be a full rock and roll guy, and play drums in a band. Votes: 0

I'm really into the idea of playing sit-down drums again. I don't know if it'll end up that way, but as of right now, that's what I'm interested in doing. Votes: 0

My soul is a hidden orchestra; I know not what instruments, what fiddlestrings and harps, drums and tamboura I sound and clash inside myself. All I hear is the symphony. Votes: 0

I play the ukulele. I have a great group of friends, and we do things like have battles of the bands - me sometimes on ukulele, but mostly on drums. Votes: 0

There's individual turntable setups devoted to piano, bass, drums and a set for soloing as well. We like to try and explore the gamut of what a turntable can do. Votes: 0

When you grow up, you're told that rock 'n' roll is the only authentic way to express yourself. Live instrumentation, singer, live drums. You're told that's the best medium to communicate. Votes: 0

My first instrument was the drums. Not quite sure why I quit and changed to guitar, but I'm sure my parents might have convinced me that the guitar was way better. Votes: 0

I was into hip-hop when I was a teenager. Then I started to look for samples, and I started a long Hendrix period - I liked the drums and the beats. Votes: 0

I have great samples of my drums and I try to program them pretty much how I want to play them, try and make it feel natural even though it's programmed. Votes: 0

No one really listens to the drums, I don't think. They're there, but it's not a conscious thing to listen to. Everyone listens to the vocals, of course, and the words. Votes: 0

Once the song is done and recorded, I like to go back and then cut the drums, because then I know exactly what the song needs, and what it doesn't need. Votes: 0

I have a bad back partially from playing the drums and singing. I used to have to hold my body in such a position that my spine got out of alignment. Votes: 0

Every day I lugged my backpack through the halls, waiting for the final bell. Then I'd race home and hole up in my room, playing the drums and the piano, composing music. Votes: 0

Playing drums or music, being a musician, is inside of you. So you would always see me tapping on something, playing on tables... I never felt the need to pull out drums. Votes: 0

Talking about music and talking about drums brings me back to my beginning and the simplicity, and the excitement about trying to play something and see if it works for your band. Votes: 0

What a young musician's dream, to say, "Look at those chrome drums. Look at that 22-inch ride cymbal. I'll have those." It was one of those unparalleled exciting days of your life. Votes: 0

A friend of mine took me to Memphis advised me that I should get in the musicians' union. He gave me a set of drums and said, Stay on the job, son. Votes: 0

Stick choice should be every drummers first decision. Sticks are the liaison between you and your creative expression on the drums. Getting there the smoothest way is the reason I'm using Vater. Votes: 0

I started playing piano; I picked up a ukulele, and I loved it and kept playing that. I play a bit of guitar, and some African drums from back in the day. Votes: 0

All I ever wanted to do was play the drums; I felt good about myself when I played the drums. So I worked anywhere and everywhere I could lug my drums in. Votes: 0

After the Ed Sullivan Show, Feb. 9, 1964, at approx. 8:04pm [laughs], after that moment every album, every guitar, evey set of drums that was ever sold ... 10% should have gone right into their pocket! Votes: 0

The drum is the heart of music. The saxophone can play and then rest, as can all of them except the drums; the drummer keeps going - he can't afford to stop. Votes: 0

I was in Hollis' band for eight years, playing drums. At one time we had Barry Beckett, Jimmy Johnson, David Hood - everybody but Roger Hawkins. We had a hell of a band. Votes: 0

Gentle souls! You play your love on the violin. The crude ones play it on the drums violently. But can you turn yourselves inside out, like me And become just two lips entirely? Votes: 0

Our resistance to this war should be our resistance to profit at the cost of human life. Because that is what these drums beating over Iraq are really about. This is about business. Votes: 0

My first gig was in Philadelphia and I played the drums for my older brothers. That same night, I also played drums for Martha and the Vandellas. Ah, the fond memories of being 14. Votes: 0

I wanted to hear the songs in the way that I had written them, which was very basic. All I wanted was drums and another guitar, and I was just going to sing Votes: 0

The drumming helps a lot when I'm producing songs or writing songs. My knowledge of drums helps more in that aspect, (although) I don't know, man; I'm not great at any of them. Votes: 0

On the McLaughlin Report, August 26, 1990: 'There are only two groups that are beating the drums for war in the middle East, the Israeli Defense Ministry and its amen corner in the United States. Votes: 0

I was brought up west southwest coast of Scotland and my mother and father had a music shop, and so I was surrounded by pianos and drums and guitars, and music, of course. Votes: 0

I wrote a song with Kara DioGuardi called 'What If,' and it's a really beautiful song. It's kind of like a rock ballad. There's a lot of guitars and drums in it. Votes: 0

A nice definition of an awakened person: a person who no longer marches to the drums of society, a person who dances to the tune of the music that springs up from within. Votes: 0

I love the sound of '70s glam records. I love that snare sound. The recordings I like, it's all based on if the snare sounds good. The drums have to sound great. Votes: 0

As I said, when we needed to move over to rock'n'roll, Sam and Vernon couldn't quite make the shift. So that's when Larry took over on drums, and we needed a bass player. Votes: 0

What sounds good on the radio is really loud kick drums and loud snare drums, when everything's bombastic and in your face. It's the equivalent of a houseguest who screams all the time. Votes: 0

The beating of drums, which delights young writers who serve a party, sounds to him who does not belong to the party line like a rattling of chains, and excites sympathy rather than admiration. Votes: 0

I don't let the children watch TV on weeknights. They practice playing musical instruments instead. Both my sons play piano, drums and guitar, so my husband and I listen to them in the evening. Votes: 0

First Moloch, horrid king, besmirched in blood, Of Human sacrifice, and parent's tears, Though, for the noise of drums and timbrels loud, Their childrens' cries unheard, that passed through fire, To his grim idol. Votes: 0

When I watch drummers, I always want to see energy. It's not about the proficiency of the musicianship; I'm just into the vibe and excitement of it. With drums, it's such a primeval thing. Votes: 0

Playing drums feels like coming home for me. Even during the White Stripes I thought: 'I'll do this for now, but I'm really a drummer.' That's what I'll put on my passport application. Votes: 0

My wife and I were shopping for the whole family. In the music department my wife said, "Let's get your nephew a set of drums. That's what your brother did to us last year." Votes: 0

I started on drums when I was 13 and played them for two years. Then I went to guitar for a year, played keyboards for a year and a half, and went back to guitar. Votes: 0

I grew up in church. That's how most young African American musicians learn how to perform. You could be six years old and playing organ or drums in front of thousands or hundreds of people. Votes: 0

Can we ring the bells backward? Can we unlearn the arts that pretend to civilize, and then burn the world? There is a march of science; but who shall beat the drums for its retreat? Votes: 0

I just don't see myself as retiring. As long as I'm healthy and can play the drums, that's what I'm going to do because that's the most fun thing that I know how to do. Votes: 0

I love playing the drums - I really get a lot out of it - but I don't think I'm a good enough drummer to be playing live drums on all 10 tracks on my album. Votes: 0

It works for me, the way I play drums and the things I do but I also would like to know proper technique. Mainly for health - to last longer, be able to play longer. Votes: 0