I've been playing the drums since age nine.

- Bill Berry

My heroes were Eddie Van Halen - especially after Van Halen I, II, III, and IV - Randy Rhoads, Ace Frehley and dudes like that. My brother played drums and we jammed in the garage and started writing our own stuff.

- Dimebag Darrell

I have all the rhythm in my left hand, and I use the rhythms that Gene Krupa did on his drums.

- Dick Dale

Drums were my first instrument.

- Dick Dale

All I really had was a suitcase and my drums. So I took them up to Seattle and hoped it would work.

- Dave Grohl

I would break a lot of cymbals. You whack the cymbals hard enough, and they will crack in half. Drums are not actually as sturdy as they look. They're actually somewhat fragile instruments.

- Damien Chazelle

I didn't feel the kind of joy every day playing drums that I thought you were supposed to feel.

- Damien Chazelle

I wanted to play drums because I fell in love with the glitter and the lights, but it wasn't about adulation. It was being up there playing.

- Charlie Watts

Well I had a musical background, but I still didn't know a lot about drums at the time.

- Caroline Corr

My way of relaxing was always doing the opposite and playing the drums, but I need to be able to actually chill.

- Cara Delevingne

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

- Adam Clayton

I tried playing the drums, and I could play 'Boys Don't Cry' by The Cure.

- Brian Posehn

I mean, when it gets down to it I just wanted to play the drums. The rest of it never meant that much to me.

- Bill Kreutzmann

I just don't see myself as retiring. As long as I'm healthy and can play the drums, that's what I'm going to do because that's the most fun thing that I know how to do.

- Bill Kreutzmann

I am just a guy who plays drums.

- Bill Kreutzmann

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

- Bill Bruford

With guitar, bass and drums, you've got limited horizons.

- Bernard Sumner

Always be different; don't follow the rules. Don't do what anyone tells you. Don't use the same sounds as people; don't use the same drums as people.

- Benny Blanco

Most great records really start with the drums.

- Billy Corgan

I love drums and still play frequently.

- Adrian Belew