Drummer Quotes

“Brian came in heavy at that moment on his guitar, the rapid, high-pitched squeal ranging back and forth as his fingers flew along the frets. As the intro's tempo grew more rapid, Bekka heard Derek's subtle bass line as it worked its way in. After another few seconds Will came in, slow at first, but racing along to match the others' pace. When their combined efforts seemed unable to get any heavier, David jumped into the mix.

As the sound got nice and heavy, Bekka began to rock back-and-forth onstage. In front of her, hundreds of metal-lovers began to jump and gyrate to their music. She matched their movements for a moment, enjoying the connection that was being made, before stepping over to the keyboard that had been set up behind her. Sliding her microphone into an attached cradle, she assumed her position and got ready. Right on cue, all the others stopped playing, throwing the auditorium into an abrupt silence. Before the crowd could react, however, Bekka's fingers began to work the keys, issuing a rhythm that was much softer and slower than what had been built up. The audience's violent thrash-dance calmed at that moment and they began to sway in response.

Bekka smiled to herself.

This is what she lived for.”
― Nathan Squiers, Death Metal

“Baby...drummers bang all night long!”
― Joanne Schwehm

“My inner Jiminy was screaming at me to stop playing with fire again, but I was a moth drawn to a flaming hot drummer.”
― Kristen Hope Mazzola, The Hysterics

“The whirligig featured a drummer, a trumpet player, a clarinetist, and a man with a trombone. It was a leap beyond the spouting whale, with more figures, a six-bladed propeller, and a much more complex system of rods and pivots that made the instruments dip and rise as if the musicians were marching.”
― Paul Fleischman, Whirligig

“I applied at Tower Records on Sunset Boulevard after my band broke up. I really wanted to work there because it involved the love of my life, music. It was also located on the world famous Sunset Strip, a place I dreamed of going to ever since I was a teenager in the 80's to become a rock star.”
― K.D. Sanders

“Fuck being bored. You shouldn't ever be bored. You can always read and be smarter. You can always work out and be in better shape. You can always play your instrument and get better at it. Your space can always be cleaner. Blue- collar work is when you work with your hands-white-collar work is behind a desk. I'm not as grimy as my father, who made his living with a wrench, but everything I have comes from working with my hands.”
― Travis Barker, Can I Say: Living Large, Cheating Death, and Drums, Drums, Drums

“DRUMMER… A Uniquely Creative Musician with Limitless Skills.”
― Stephanie Lahart

“Banu menjadikan kegilaannya menabuh drum sebagai pelarian dari banyak masalahnya”
― Dian Nafi, BANU Pewaris Trah Pesantren

“The drums are demanding and yet he never misses a beat.”
― Jacqueline E. Smith, Shipwreck Girl

“In the early noughties, his fiancee Mayte Garcia - the singer and dancer formerly married to Prince - kissed Lee on the neck, and the drummer had her lip print turned into a tattoo as well.”
― Tony Barrell, Born to Drum: The Truth About the World's Greatest Drummers--from John Bonham and Keith Moon to Sheila E. and Dave Grohl