Drums Quotes

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.
Ron Paul

War, Before, After

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.
Buddy Rich

Music, Today, Mind

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.
Dave Grohl

Life, Music, Days

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.
Jack White

Home, Thought, Put

I like to combine the dramatic emotional warmth of strings with the grooves and body business of drums and bass.
David Byrne

Business, Emotional, Body

Most great records really start with the drums.
Billy Corgan

Great, Start, Records

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

Business, Emotional, Body

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

Money, Play, After

I started out when I was about 12, playing drums. I started singing when I was about 15.
Layne Staley

Playing, Started, Singing

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.
Mary McLeod Bethune

Girl, Heart, Single

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.
Dave Grohl

Fake, Play, Guitar

Drums just always sounded like the most fun part of that good music for me.
Levon Helm

Music, Good, Fun

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.
Roger Waters

Home, Leader, Mad

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.
Lenny Kravitz

Small, Old, Listen

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.
Buddy Rich

Everything, Done, Through

My son, Wolfgang, plays drums, guitars and bass.
Eddie Van Halen

Son, Bass, Guitars

He used to have a tent show, a little tent show, and I thought I was going to get a job working one year on the tent show, but he closed it down and I never got to go out there, but anyway, he had a sax and played drums.
Earl Scruggs

Job, Down, Thought

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

Car, Everything, Else

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

Bit, Singer, Drummer

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.
Levon Helm

Job, Friend, Son

I've never been able to sit round on my own and play drums, practice in the back room, never been able to. I've always played with other musicians. It's how I play, there's no joy for me in playing on my own, bashing away. I need a bass, a piano, guitar, whatever, and then I can play.
Ringo Starr

Joy, Play, Guitar

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.
Charlie Watts

Love, Play, Wanted

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.
Florence Welch

Job, Someone, Dance

You can't beat 2 guitars, bass, and drums.
Lou Reed

Beat, Bass, Guitars

I was very shy when I was younger. But I did have a terrible temperament. I would get angry very quickly, but the rest of the time I was this big goofball, playing the drums in a band and making out with girls.
Jeremy Renner

Time, Angry, Big

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

Work, Took, Seattle

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.
Jane Seymour

Husband, Children, Evening

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.
Travis Barker

Mom, School, Rock

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.
Travis Barker

Good, Learning, Play

I play Orange County drums. I love those guys. I've got a four piece kit.
Travis Barker

Love, Play, Guys

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