Famous Quotes & Sayings

Sheila E.

Having that music around us all the time, it was so inspiring. But at the same time, I was a kid. I didn't pay attention to any of it. I'd get on the drums and hit them a few times, and then go outside and play.

Roger Moore

I think they were trying to drum up a little news that I might still be alive,

Hey Bart, why don't you set up your drum mics.

John Bonham

Drumming was the only thing I was ever good at.

The drum is the heart of our people,

Alessandro Cortini

It's not as interesting as the last time out, when we had all the drummer problems.

Ikue Mori

It's a very primitive way of drumming like the way you play with big sticks: this is called taiko. That was a big influence on me.

Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried.

Phil Collins

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

Phil Collins

I can't consider myself a drummer any more.

I told him it didn't matter. I had Michael Drum on me.

Damien Chazelle

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

Chet Baker

Artt Frank is my all-time favorite drummer. He always seems to know where I'm going.

Mitchel Musso

People don't understand what music really is. I've been a musician since I was 6 years old. I got my first piano, was playing recitals at 8, 10 I picked up a guitar, 12 I picked up my first Pearl Master drum set. I was an artist before I was an 'artist.'

Do you want a drum roll? Yes. I think he gets better every day, he really does.

James Mercer

I've never been one to think it was cheating to sample this or to loop the drum part there - I've always done that. Even using four-track cassette recorders, I was always doing whatever I could to make it as good as I could.

The weather held off to get it in. The pipe and drums are always great. It's good to see the bands, but I can do without the politicians.

Taylor Lautner

I've always kind of had an interest in the drums but nothing else. The drums are the only thing I feel I would be good at, because I'm a very physical person. I've always played sports and stuff. Drums would give me something to do.

To a degree, the Japanese market has been marching to its own drummer for a number of years due to its economic difficulties.

T.K. is ready to get back out and play, but his drums are pretty much a mess, so we have to get him some new ones.

There's not going to be a drum roll or anything like that. I think you'll see the (spring) game and you'll realize who the No. 1 quarterback is going to be. If you want some official announcement, I'll do it after the game.

Brittany Howard

There's not a whole lot to do in Athens. When I was 13, I just started entertaining myself by writing songs. I'd sit in my room for 10 hours playing the same song, stacking vocals, trying out different drum beats, realizing no one would ever hear this but having so much fun. I guess I got my voice from just doing that so often.

Beck

I can't tell you how many things I've worked on where I sat on it for a few years, and then somebody else did something very similar. Whether it's some weird vocal effect you hear on another record, or a drum beat, or even a song title, a subject matter, or a mixture of different kinds of music.

Brian Setzer

Those drum parts were so integral to that original rockabilly. People don't play that anymore. A lot of those original drum fills were kept.

Ringo Starr

The drummer's always going to be there. They're the floor of the whole deal and everyone can stand up on you.

Stevie Ray Vaughan

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

Jeremih

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.

Hip-hop is one guy with a microphone rapping over a beat. There's not much of a visual component. There's no drummer or guitarist going off on riffs.

Ikue Mori

That was the most I could pull out from these three drum machines with sound and texture and orchestrations- that's what I'm trying to do.

Alex Kapranos

Outsiders. He had this weird contraption of a drum kit where he was playing half with a tambourine in one hand and the floor tom between his legs -- just to experiment with different ways of setting up.

Dave Grohl

It was that famous joke: What's the last thing the drummer said before he got kicked out of the band? 'Hey, I wrote a song.'

Curtis Jackson

Puffy's contribution to hip-hop culture was the remix. He offered us the music that his mom played in front of him, with newer drums and younger artists. That worked, and will consistently be there. The remix comes right after the original record, that's something Puffy did to influence the culture.

Vanilla Ice

I meet everybody. If somebody invites me to their house and they got a drum set close, I'm going to play, man. Let's jam. I don't care. Get in where you fit in and enjoy the experience.