Drummer Quotes - page 5

My friend Fred Coury, the drummer in '80s rock band Cinderella, told me that in the rock world, you're either still there, or you're struggling to get back to where you were. (Steve Valentine)
The drummer is stereotypically the dumb guy. Maybe that's why I always respect drummers who do more than drum. View quote
Taylor Hawkins
I wanted to be a professional drummer. View quote
Walter Payton
I used to be a drummer in a band, and I really loved playing the drums, so I look forward to the right opportunity to do that at some point. Maybe even on TV. Every single live performance I'm doing on TV, I want it to be different and unique. View quote
Zedd
Just because you're not a drummer doesn't mean you don't have to keep time. View quote
Thelonious Monk
If your child marches to a different beat, a different drummer, you might just have to go along with that music. Help them achieve what's important to them. View quote
Sonia Sotomayor
When I joined Nirvana, I was the fifth or sixth drummer - I don't know if they'd ever had a drummer they were totally happy with. And they were strangers. There was never much of a deeper connection outside of the music. View quote
Dave Grohl
Ringo isn't even the best drummer in the Beatles. View quote
John Lennon
The drummer in my first band was killed in Vietnam. He kind of signed up and joined the marines. Bart Hanes was his name. He was one of those guys that was jokin' all the time, always playin' the clown. View quote
Bruce Springsteen
Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises? If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. View quote
Henry David Thoreau
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. (Henry David Thoreau)
Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises? If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. View quote
Henry David Thoreau
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. View quote
Moby
I can't play anywhere near like I used to, and I was a hot drummer. It doesn't bother me, because frankly, if you get to that point where you can't hold a drumstick properly, there are many other things in life which are far more important, like cutting a loaf of bread or a piece of cheese. View quote
Phil Collins
It's not often that an English drummer gets an Oscar. So I'm very, very proud of that. View quote
Phil Collins
I'd really like having a couple days of being a rock star, although I'd rather be a backup - like maybe the drummer for Muse... It would also be fun to be gorgeous, like be Charlize Theron, just for a couple of days. View quote
Stephenie Meyer
A serjeant is a soldier with a halbert, and a drummer is a soldier with a drum. View quote
Thomas Denison
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. View quote
Steve Jobs
I have come to associate a kind of success that we are referring to, to individuals who have a combination of attributes that are often associated with creativity. In a way they are mutants, they are different from others. And they follow their own drummer. View quote
Jonas Salk
I actually wanted to be a drummer, but I didn't have any drums. View quote
Stevie Ray Vaughan
I started out as a drummer, and now play with a back-to-basics rock band called the 'Luddites.' I'm happiest when I'm behind the kit. (Rick Astley)
I've been watching a lot of Joan Didion interviews on YouTube. I love her. My drummer has gotten me into looking at Terence McKenna interviews. View quote
St. Vincent (musician)
You know what, the drummer is my manager. He's busy. And I'm busy. I don't need the dough, though. But having said that, there's a limit to how much bad music I wanna play. I did it when I was young, and some of the music was OK, but it wasn't great. View quote
Aimee Mann
First and foremost I am a drummer. After that, I'm other things... But I didn't play drums to make money. View quote
Ringo Starr
When I was thirteen I only wanted to be a drummer. View quote
Ringo Starr