A bass player has to think and play like a bass player. A drummer has to play and think like a drummer, and stay out of the way of the vocalist. The guitar player has to respect everybody else.
There's only one drummer. We all travel to his beat. Well, I couldn't sing his song. Because for me, it wasn't a truthful statement. Well, Linda sang it, and it was a monster for her.
If your child marches to a different beat, a different drummer, you might just have to go along with that music. Help them achieve what's important to them.
As a drummer, you're always fighting for a level that you never quite attain.
I'd just play 'til my hands fell off. My parents would yell at me to stop because they couldn't stand the noise any more! I was terrible! It must have been hard for them to listen to me as a beginning drummer.
My motivation for being a good drummer was born out of fear, which, in a way, seems so antithetical to what art should be.
I'm not a singer who plays a bit of drums. I'm a drummer that sings a bit.
I think every band is a little cautious when the drummer starts to write tunes.
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.
I think you get to a point where you watch something just to enjoy it. I don't think it's really done so that you're supposed to feel, Oh, he's the most wonderful drummer. I think the whole lot is what's more enjoyable.