Mike Joyce Quotes

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

Obviously, I like the drums to be heard. I think they're important.

The more rocking, the better.

Rhythm is the life of space of time danced through.

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

I have rock 'n' roll pumping through my veins.

Rock is so much fun. That's what it's all about - filling up the chest cavities and empty kneecaps and elbows.

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.

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.

Yeah, one of the main ways is for songs that make me want to move.

I've played the drums for so long, I can't imagine saying goodbye to it.

Most drummers are covered with a million drums, and everyone is like, 'What are you doing back there?'

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

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.

Perhaps of all the most basic elements of music, rhythm most directly affects our central nervous system.

Most great records really start with the drums.

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.

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.

Drums just always sounded like the most fun part of that good music for me.

Drums were my first instrument, my first love. I need rhythm, something that moves.

I want to make music that will make the blood surge in your veins, music that will get people up and dance.

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.