#dru

The fact that a player is very short of time is, to my mind, as little to be considered an excuse as, for instance, the statement of the law-breaker that he was drunk at the time he committed the crime. ↗

— Alexander Alekhine

#considered #crime #drunk #excuse #fact

To me, the kitchen is a place of adventure and entirely fun, not drudgery. I can't think of anything better to do with family and friends than to be together to create something. ↗

— Ted Allen

#anything #better #create #drudgery #entirely

Well, I was very lucky. I was brought up west southwest coast of Scotland and my mother and father had a music shop, and so I was surrounded by pianos and drums and guitars, and music, of course. ↗

— Clive Anderson

#coast #course #drums #father #guitars

There is no dogma that the organ or harmonium can be used in church, but not the drum. ↗

— Francis Arinze

#dogma #drum #organ #used

I never pursued Hollywood banging my drum, because I was never in a film big enough to do that. ↗

— Armand Assante

#because #big #big enough #drum #enough

The drummer; he inspired me to play like no one else I have ever met. ↗

— Chet Baker

#else #ever #i #inspired #like

Writing a novel is one of those modern rites of passage, I think, that lead us from an innocent world of contentment, drunkenness, and good humor, to a state of chronic edginess and the perpetual scanning of bank statements. ↗

— J. G. Ballard

#chronic #contentment #drunkenness #good #humor

I used to have friends come on tour and work as my drum tech, but they get bummed out when I have to tell them what to do. This time I'm just going to fly them out and let them hang. It's all good. ↗

— Travis Barker

#come #drum #fly #friends #get

My mom passed away a day before high school started, and her dream was for me to be a full rock and roll guy, and play drums in a band. ↗

— Travis Barker

#band #before #day #dream #drums

Then I tried out for the Fontana High School drum line, in Riverside, and I did really well. I got second chair, and played snare in that drum line for three years. ↗

— Travis Barker

#did #drum #got #high #high school