Taylor Hawkins Quotes

I started as a drummer. The feet are an extension of that.

When I watch drummers, I always want to see energy. It's not about the proficiency of the musicianship; I'm just into the vibe and excitement of it. With drums, it's such a primeval thing.

Music deals with time and timing. It's so magical, but when you get into it, every little sound and every little space between the sounds, it's critical, so critical. And if it's not there, it not only feels wrong, but it ruins things.

The golden rule of drums is hands clapping and feet tapping, and when you are in and out of consciousness, you can't do that to best of your ability.

How can you not love a man banging on the drums? He knows how to keep a rhythm.

If we don't put some acting in a dance song, no one would be able to dance on it.

I'm being trained to shake the bon-bon appropriately.

Rhythm is the life of space of time danced through.

Rhythm is sound in motion. It is related to the pulse, the heartbeat, the way we breathe. It rises and falls. It takes us into ourselves; it takes us out of ourselves.

As a dancer, I love music that makes me want to move.

The bass should be the note of the bass drum, and then you've got the engine of the band that everything else builds on. Everything else, the guitar, the keyboards, is a colour.

Rhythm is something you either have or don't have, but when you have it, you have it all over.

I consider every drummer that ever played before me an influence, in every way.

I play more rhythmically than I do a lot of notes.

But primarily, the drummer's supposed to sit back there and swing the band.

Playing well with others is important - not being too flashy, just keeping good time and of course coming up with cool beats. A good snare drum, kick drum, high hat. Just getting good at the hand feet coordination.

There's not much music I'll listen to if it doesn't have pretty heavy swing. Rhythm is so important. Punk rock would have more power and feeling if it had swing.

The heart of a music is its rhythm. The heart of rhythm section music is the rhythm.

If you listen to the way I speak, I have a lot of rhythm, use a lot of accents. When I'm playing my instrument, that concept comes through very clearly.

But I've gravitated more towards the drum set.

The drums tell me everything. Everything else registers a millisecond later.

It's been years and years and years I've been playing the drums, and they're still a challenge. I still enjoy using drumsticks and a snare drum.

I love music more just in and of itself. I love harmony and rhythm.

Drumming is so hard.

You need a pulse in a film. If I see a film that doesn't have rhythm, it's like listening to music that doesn't have rhythm; it doesn't really work.