Quotes by Drummer Anybody can be a drummer. Angie Dickinson anybodydrummer If someone said, 'What was anything you could wish for,' it would have been to have Donald Tardy in my band as my drummer. Andrew W.K. someoneyoudrummerwish I was a hired drummer for 3 Doors; there wasn't an opportunity for me to write. Daniel Adair medrummeropportunitydoors Actually, I wanted to be a musician, either a guitarist or a drummer. I guess my dreams were in the entertainment industry, and I landed somewhere along there. Israel Broussard dreamsentertainmentindustrydrummer I first went on the road with the Rolling Stones in the year of our Lord, 1969. But my grandfather gave me away to a drummer when I was 15 years old. Bobby Keys roadmedrummergrandfather A drummer is usually like the backbone. Brody Armstrong likebackbonedrummer They're simply following what was laid down in front and they play the same thing. So, there's no great challenge In being a classical drummer. Buddy Rich challengedowngreatdrummer I had a band when I was in middle school, but I was the drummer. I kind of thought if I was going to be in a band, I'd be the drummer. I'm innately drawn to rhythm. But we didn't have any shows. We just jammed in our parents' basement. Borns parentsthoughtdrummerschool The drummer is the backbone of the band and is the real underrated one. Bernard Sumner backbonedrummerbandreal Everyone knows deep in their hearts that the drums are the coolest instrument, and that a band is only as good as its drummer. So I'm all for drum solos. I'm all for drummers hamming it up. I'm all for drummers standing up and kicking over the kit. Fred Armisen deepgooddrummerstanding As a drummer, you're always fighting for a level that you never quite attain. Damien Chazelle neveryoudrummerfighting I didn't have traditional stage fright. If there was 500 people in the audience or three people in the audience, it didn't really make a difference. What made a difference was the conductor. Everything that I was scared about as a drummer was him. Damien Chazelle differenceeverythingdrummerpeople I definitely move to the beat of my own drummer and man, he's not playing something anyone has heard before. It's pretty cool, though. Pretty cool. Q-Tip coolmanmy-owndrummer I've often thought that my background in rock 'n' roll has gone to waste in film work. My background was that I was a rock 'n' roll drummer and I don't think I used drums in my first ten years of film scoring. Cliff Martinez thoughtthinkdrummerwork Phil is a real drummer's drummer. Colin Greenwood phildrummerreal Because I write the music, I write the lyrics, I write the vocal melody lines - I write everything. Just because I let somebody sing something doesn't mean they're more important than the bass player or the keyboard player or the drummer. Yngwie Malmsteen everythingdrummermusicimportant«1234567
