Has there ever been an Inquisitor who didn't die a horrible death?" Simon wondered out loud. " It's like being the drummer in Spinal Tap.
Jon Deitemyer is the drummer everyone wants right now.
The Little Drummer Boy was playing in the background for what seemed like the third time in a row. I fought off an urge to beat that Little Drummer Boy senseless with his own drumsticks.
With all due respect to the world's great drummers - it ain't brain surgery.
I usually write from the rhythm section. . . If a drummer got a funky beat on some things - like a half-shuffle or a shuffle or a backbeat that's even - I can write something.
Once I had defined myself as a compositional drummer, I thought, "Well, I want to be an improvisational drummer. "
I march to a different drummer, whose location, identity, and musical training haven't yet been established.
I create my own lyrics. I have a great band. I have a drummer from East Berlin.
That's what the drummer is supposed to do. Keep the time. If you can do something else besides that, fine. But the time is essential and non-negotiable.
Before you can follow your own drummer, you have to hear the drummer.
But I think that any young drummer starting out today should get himself a great teacher and learn all there is to know about the instrument that he wants to play.
You can make yourself the greatest singer in the world or the best drummer in the world with the aid of technology.
I was a drummer and I played the guitar.
I consider every drummer that ever played before me an influence, in every way.
I can deal with your judgment, because I've always marched to the beat of my own drummer--ever since i cut my camp shirt into a halter top.
If you have a great band with a mediocre drummer, you have a mediocre band. If you have a mediocre band with a great drummer, you have a great band!
Drummers haven't managed to develop their individuality quite as well as guitarists have. We can be so focused on the nuts and bolts that we overlook the importance of individuality - the broader picture, if you will.
Everybody marches to a different drummer.
Sometimes I play guitar like a frustrated drummer.
I'm not a singer who plays a bit of drums. I'm a drummer that sings a bit.
