Eddie Condon Quotes

I didn't sing, but I did play the drums.

The drum is surely the lord of music, is it not?

I've figured out what to do with my hands... onstage. I'm a percussion player, so I grab a tambourine as much as I can.

I listen to Bill Stewart play the drums and when I have finished doing that, I listen to Bill Stewart.

I love drums and still play frequently.

I had wanted to play drums since the age of 9 when I saw a drum set in the window of a music store for the first time. We took lessons at a local music school and began playing together after about 6-9 months of lessons.

Drums were my first instrument.

I learned how to play the drums... it got me into LTD.

I think - actually, I know - that I am, without a doubt, the world's worst drummer.

I'm a bass player and I'm a drummer - I'm a big fan of bass players.

I used to play the drums when I was, like, 5 through 10.

I wanted to play drums and if I didn't play drums, I wouldn't make music and drums are the foundation for what I do.

I play the drums really, really badly.

I learned drumming as a second instrument because I didn't want to sing. Sometimes I would quite like to be left in the back, in the darkness by myself.

Energy wise, playing the drums was a lot of fun; I just felt like it was a natural fit for me.

Music is a lot more powerful than anyone gives it credit for. I can sing something right now and make you feel something that you would not feel if I said it. If somebody can sing and connect to people just through voice, just through sonics, capturing an emotion, that's a direct string to somebody's soul.

I love playing drums and helping out.

I didn't start playing drums until I was 12, for school band; they didn't have any saxophones left. My step-pops had a kit at the house, and I had never done anything that I understood so quick. It was so natural. It was the most fun and consistent thing in my life.

Many musicals you can take and throw in the garbage can because no one took the time to write a song you can care about.

I find that drummers are the coolest people in the world. I play a little bit of drums.

'Barracuda' is very fun to play because it's like a galloping steed of a rock song.

I'm more a percussion instrument than a dancer.

I found my childhood scrapbook and there's an interview in there with dad from 1970. He talks about how long he's been playing the drums and he'd only been playing drums six years in 1970.

Something happens when the music starts, and all that tiredness just goes away. When it's going like that, I'll take on any 20-year-old hot-shot drummer who wants to try me.

Drumming is a real part of my live show, and I like to do it because so many people aren't expecting me to go and do it.