Drummer Quotes

Drummer Quote of the day

If you have a great band with a mediocre drummer, you have a mediocre band. If you have a mediocre band with a great drummer, you have a great band!

I told people I was a drummer before I even had a set, I was a mental drummer.

Just because you're not a drummer doesn't mean you don't have to keep time.

It takes a pretty good drummer to be better than no drummer at all.

The drummer; he inspired me to play like no one else I have ever met.

Where I come from we say that rhythm is the soul of life, because the whole universe revolves around rhythm, and when we get out of rhythm, that’s when we get into trouble.

I'm still the best Keith Moon-style drummer in the world.

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

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.

Drumming was the only thing I was ever good at.

The American drummer is a one-man percussion orchestra.

But Apple really beats to a different drummer. I used to say that Apple should be the Sony of this business, but in reality, I think Apple should be the Apple of this business.

Age 10. I joined the school marching band as a drummer.

Buddy Rich was one of the most incredible technicians in the world, on this planet, but the only people he could really impress, who knew what he was doing was another musician or another drummer.

I like to be one of those drummers who actually add to the music, not one of those guys who sit in a room 24/7 trying to outwit or outplay another drummer.

My soul is that of a drummer.... I didn't do it to become rich and famous. I did it because it was the love of my life.

I don't want no drummer. I set the tempo.

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

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 essential and non-negotiable.

I'm the Best Keith Moon-type drummer in the world.

My names John Bonham, I'm a drummer and I'm potty about cars.

I always resented the role of a drummer as nothing more than a subservient figure.

Most of it was nuts, but I was determined to be a drummer as soon as I left school.

I'm a drummer. I can count to four and repeat.

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

Imagine if you were a drummer, and you accidentally picked up two magic wands instead of sticks. There you are, keeping the beat, the next thing you know, your bass player turns into a can of soup.

Ten silver saxes, a bass with a bow The drummer relaxes and waits between shows For his cinnamon girl.

A lot of times nerds are really artists listening to the beat of another drummer.

My mouth has a tendency to get me into trouble, but because I'm so small and I take on people who are lager than me. If someone punched me, I'd get my drummer beat them up.

Average band with a great drummer sounds great, great band with an average drummer sounds average.

I think every band is a little cautious when the drummer starts to write tunes.

Hip Nip just sounds groovy. A drummer laid it on me.

To be a drummer you also have to be a musician.

When I lost the use of my hi-hat and bass drum legs, I became basically a singer. I was a drummer who did a bit of singing, and then I became a singer who did a bit of percussion.

Every drummer that had a name, had a name because of his individual playing. He didn't sound like anybody else, So everybody that I ever listened to, in some form, influenced my taste.

I'm the greatest rock and roll drummer on the planet and you suck.

A tap dancer is really a frustrated drummer.

I consider every drummer that ever played before me an influence, in every way.

I wanted to be a professional drummer.

When I was young, I wanted to do something more low-key, like become a drummer in a rock band.

Keith Moon is not interested in Jazz and won't ever be a Jazz drummer because he's more interested in looking good and being screamed at.

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.

It doesn't matter what songs we sing. I'm a drummer. Chicks dig me.

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 a backbeat that's even - I can write something.

March to the beat of your own drummer.

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

Generally, I end up being the one thrown against the wall, because Zach is the drummer. He's stronger than me.

There is no music unless the drum and the drummer are one.

Ringo isn't the best drummer in the world. He isn't even the best drummer in the Beatles

Thank God that I had the ability to understand that I had a different beat and that I was a drummer.