Drummer Quotes

When I listen to drummers I like to be able to say 'Oh! I haven't heard that before.' Being yourself is so much better than sounding like anyone else. Ginger Baker's thing is that he is himself. So it's no good trying to do what he does. - John Bonham

We've only played 10 or 12 shows with Matt. Markku left a month and a half, maybe two, ago. We met Matt through Chris, our drummer. They both come from up north (the Bay area), and Matt was playing in a band called Tsunami Bomb. He was great, so we called him in. - Dan Estrin

We've got some athletes who can make plays. Denzel Gayden had an outstanding ballgame. Denzel flip flopped from defensive end to linebacker. Along with Ennis Sullivan and Chris Drummer, those three guys are seniors and guys that we'll depend on to lead us on defense. - John Carr

We've been together playing for 15 years now. We've been going through different drummers throughout the years ... a bunch of different equipment, a bunch of different problems. - Dennis Shaffer

Well he's a drummer, so he's all lean, if you like lean meat. - Davey Havok

We played the set with Alex for the first time at midnight the night before [the Chicago concert]. Not exactly how I like to do things, but the only other alternative was to cancel more shows and I am NOT going to do that. I can't begin to tell you what a difficult job it is to replace your drummer in this band, and these guys have truly risen to the high-pressure situation that it is. Onward. - Trent Reznor

We kind of listened to our own drummer. - Scott McNealy

We hear so many records these days that are done with click tracks, as opposed to a drummer. - Wayne Coyne