Drummer's Role Quotes

I'd rather be entertained and go to a show and watch a drummer and have somebody that makes me actually smile. So I don't judge drummers based on their technical ability; I judge them based on the overall package and what they bring to the music they're part of.

My role in AC/DC is to keep time and to drive the band as much as I can. That's a drummer's role anyway.

They're simply following what was laid down in front and they play the same thing. So, there's no great challenge In being a classical drummer.

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

The drummer's always going to be there. They're the floor of the whole deal and everyone can stand up on you.

A band is as solid as its drummer is.

To me, I always felt like drums have to be the support and the driving factor in a song, and there's places where the drummer has to show off and do things and get the spotlight, but not all the time. You've gotta pick and choose. And it's always gotta be about the song. That's really the bottom line.

I like to be one of those drummers who actually add to the music, not one of those guys who sit in a room 24/7 trying to outwit or outplay another drummer.

Yes, I always say that we're a National League band. What I mean is, if you play an instrument, you have to sing. So I always call our drummer up. Even the drummer has to take a turn on the microphone.

Jazz drummers traditionally are not always prepared to just hold down the beat; it's like they're soloing the whole time.