#drum

I first heard African drum rhythms and chants at the movies. Then, when I had the opportunity to go to Africa and visit the villages, I heard the real, raw, true rhythms and realised the origins of the old Negro spirituals I grew up with in the South. ↗

— Isaac Hayes

#african #drum #first #go #grew

Anytime I switch to another instrument, I immediately turn it into another kind of drum so that I can understand it better. ↗

— Levon Helm

#anytime #better #drum #i #i can

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

— Levon Helm

#drums #fun #good #good music #just

A friend of mine took me to Memphis advised me that I should get in the musicians' union. He gave me a set of drums and said, Stay on the job, son. ↗

— Levon Helm

#drums #friend #gave #get #i

Drums usually seem to tune themselves. ↗

— Levon Helm

#seem #themselves #tune #usually

With horns and a full rhythm section, the drums always looked like the best seat in the house. ↗

— Levon Helm

#best #drums #full #horns #house

Some records with drum machines on them sound phony and plastic. It all depends on how you use the tools. ↗

— Don Henley

#drum #how #machines #phony #plastic

Well, we didn't have our original drummer on our last record. And most of that album was not played as a band in the studio. It was mostly the world of computers and overdubs. There was very few things played live or worked out as a band. ↗

— James Iha

#band #computers #drummer #few #few things

Because Larry, by then, was a drummer, who would sort of get bored and tired, and rather stand up and blow kisses to people. So we needed the bass to sort of drive along. ↗

— Neil Innes

#bass #because #blow #bored #drive

Just because you can leap off a drum kit doing a scissors kick while hitting a chord, people expect you to be an extrovert socially. But I'm not always comfortable with the idea of small talk at a party. ↗

— Alex Kapranos

#because #chord #comfortable #doing #drum