Drum Quotes - page 6

My son's taking drum lessons, and my daughter's taking piano lessons. One day they're going to start a band. (Chris Daughtry)
When I was a teenager, I got into four track recorders, drum machines, and synthesizers, and I started producing instrumental music. View quote
Duncan Sheik
I'm a big techno fan. I love that thumping kick drum. We heard a version of 'Lost in Love' and it was thrash metal. It sounded cool! View quote
Graham Russell
There are athletes and celebrities that are out there and they Twitter and they constantly try to drum up press because they're narcissists. View quote
Geoff Stults
If I do a song where I'm angry, when it's time to perform it live I'm not mad, I'm happy. I'm at a concert. But I have to somehow drum up that rage. That's acting. View quote
Ice T
Somebody gave me this drum machine and somebody else asked me to program something for a project. I really liked programming and I was really interested in using the drum machine. View quote
Ikue Mori
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. View quote
James Mercer
I had it drummed into me from an early age that personalizing everything was not a good thing. Besides, I don't think that kind of commodity-driven system makes for the most productive architecture. View quote
James Polshek
I had wanted to play drums since the age of 9 when I saw a drum set in the window of a music store for the first time. We took lessons at a local music school and began playing together after about 6-9 months of lessons. View quote
Jack Irons
My drum sticks are in the 'Hall of Fame.' I know that. View quote
Jimmy Carl Black
No one sits in front of a drum set and thinks they invented it all out of whole cloth. The fact that the set is there means that you've got some dues to pay to Baby Dodds. (John Zorn)
Led Zeppelin was pretty much what made me pick up drum sticks. View quote
Jon Fishman
Portishead's production is just insane beats you would expect to be on a KRS-One album. But then there's this little white girl with an angel voice singing over it. It was a cool juxtaposition. I like 'It's A Fire.' That's a chill song with kind of a military drum thing going on, like a drummer boy. View quote
Anders Holm
I'm inspired by anyone who's honest in their own expression, people who truly beat to the rhythm of their own drum. View quote
Gillian Zinser
The heart jungle drum beat finds its voice in love and matchsticks. View quote
Isabel Yosito
Actually, it's great to play with someone who tries to come up with interesting drum beats because it pushes the music in different directions. View quote
Mike Gordon
Anything that broadens your musicality always moves the way you write drum or guitar parts. View quote
Philip Selway
I started out by myself, but it eventually turned into a trio by the mid-'60s - a conga drum and another guitarist. And that's been mostly what I've worked with most of the time. View quote
Richie Havens
Just the same way I'd say a prayer before going onstage, taking that even further and using the drum to inspire people. And using that as a vehicle for the intention. View quote
Rick Allen
As you know, I played a little trumpet with Elvis. I overdub a few drum licks here and there on a session, but I'm not a drummer by any means. View quote
Ray Stevens
When I sit behind that electronic drum, it dominates me; there is no innovation in composing music like that. (Sivamani)
Your war drum ain't / louder than this breath. View quote
Suheir Hammad
Playing someone drum 'n' bass for the first time in 'Pass Out' - they're like, 'Oh my God, what is this?' I'm having a lot of fun and a good time showcasing the music. View quote
Tinie Tempah
There's a couple of tracks on the new record which is sort of using similar sort of rhythms as the drum and bass tracks but playing it all live. It's a new approach to it. View quote
Tom Jenkinson
The drummer is stereotypically the dumb guy. Maybe that's why I always respect drummers who do more than drum. View quote
Taylor Hawkins