Quotes by Drummer I was a guitar player in a band that had two keyboard players, sometimes two other guitarists, a bass player, and a drummer, four or five singers, and percussion. We did a two-and-a-half hour show where the music spanned from the early Sixties to the present. Whereas the David Lee Roth thing was like, Now. Very big and intense. Joe Satriani drummerguitarmusicsometimes I want to be 'Jimmy Chamberlin, the drummer, the musician who's done many things,' not just 'that guy from the Smashing Pumpkins.' Jimmy Chamberlin thingsdrummerdonewant Don't get too caught up in the typical ideas of what makes a good drummer. Those things are sort of unattainable, and they're not always creatively your most useful things to know. Janet Weiss goodknowdrummerideas Well, we didn't have our original drummer on our last record. And most of that album was not played as a band in the studio. It was mostly the world of computers and overdubs. There was very few things played live or worked out as a band. James Iha livecomputersdrummerworld As a drummer, I always approach things as, 'I want to play just enough to keep other drummers interested, but not enough to go over the average listener's head.' Vinnie Paul godrummerenoughwant I'm a rock drummer. I couldn't sit down and pretend to be a jazz drummer. Vinnie Paul pretendrockdowndrummer In 1962 I wrote for 'Jazz News,' using the pseudonym Manfred Manne, which I picked because of a jazz drummer with that name. I later dropped the 'e.' Manfred Mann namenewsjazzdrummer I can't get anything out of an orchestra if I have the 10 best guitarists, but I don't have a pianist or a drummer. Manuel Pellegrini anythingbestorchestradrummer My son Wesley has just turned 13. He was 12 during the recording of this record and he is quite a drummer already and has been studying drums since he was four, but he's also very interested in African percussion and studies percussion. Lee Ritenour studyingjustdrummerson I used to tour with this band. I was a drummer. I would tour a bunch for about 10 months out of the year and act for about two months. I would make what I needed from acting and would stretch it out. Michael Pena yeardrummerbandacting LCD Soundsystem - they put the drummer in front. I always thought that was cool. Because the drummer is usually the guy in the back. Mike D thoughtbackcooldrummer It's nice when somebody says that you're their 'favorite' drummer. Mike Portnoy somebodyyoudrummernice To me, there's way more to being a good drummer than precision and technique. Mike Portnoy goodmedrummerway One of the reasons I needed to leave Dream Theater was because I didn't want to end my career as just the drummer in one band. Mike Portnoy enddrummerdreamwant You don't have to be a great drummer to be the most important guy in the band. Mike Portnoy greatyoudrummerimportant But I've always liked to be the kind of drummer and musician who likes to go outside of what's expected of me, and I've always been able to do more than you necessarily hear with every band I've ever played in. Matt Cameron gomeyoudrummer When I produce a record, I roll up my sleeves; I'm not one of those passive guys. I really get in there and make sure every note is measured. I tell the bass player, 'You have to play it like this,' or I tell the drummer, 'It's got to be like this.' David Foster likeyoudrummerplay It was probably when I met Jeff Hamilton, the drummer I've been working with for the last 20 years. He's the one who brought Ray Brown to hear me sing at a restaurant in my hometown. Diana Krall restaurantmehometowndrummer I went to L.A. to be a drummer in a band. David Thibodeau drummerband I was a drummer living in Los Angeles in 1990. I had finished music school and was playing with a band. It wasn't going as well as it should have been. David Thibodeau livingdrummermusicschool«1234567»
