Keith Thibodeaux Quotes

My favorite instrument is the snare drum. In Scotland, the snare drum is very prominent in Highland bands. The Scottish style of playing is in my blood. It's a very powerful instrument, but it can also be soothing, like velvet. It's a real challenge for composers.

I play Orange County drums. I love those guys. I've got a four piece kit.

An uncle gave me a side drum and my mother decided I should have lessons.

I am also a drummer of sorts. I've got an electronic set sitting in my bedroom.

I got my first drum kit when I was six years old.

I've wanted to be a drummer since I was about five years old. I used to play on a bath salt container with wires on the bottom, and on a round coffee tin with a loose wire fixed to it to give a snare drum effect. Plus there were always my Mum's pots and pans. When I was ten, my Mum bought me a snare drum. My Dad bought me my first full drum kit when I was 15. It was almost prehistoric. Most of it was rust.

I have a drum set in my dressing room. I play drums to relax and have some fun.

My parents got me a $25 Kent steel-string acoustic guitar when I was around 12. The following Christmas, my parents bought me a Conora electric guitar. It looked almost like a Gretsch. It cost $59, and my mom still has it.

I wanted to play drums, and I got a set when I was 14 and just started to play in the house, to the stereo. I liked Ringo Starr, of course. And Sandy Nelson. I had his record, 'Let There Be Drums,' and I'd play along with it.

I love drums and still play frequently.

I learned how to play the drums. When we were in pre-production, when we were still in LA, I had a couple of drum lessons and then some in Toronto. I got the one beat down and that was it.

Drums were my first instrument.

But I've gravitated more towards the drum set.

I really just wanted to play the drum set and match that. I was never really into the percussion thing.

I am just a guy who plays drums.

It's been years and years and years I've been playing the drums, and they're still a challenge. I still enjoy using drumsticks and a snare drum.

I learned how to play the drums... it got me into LTD.

I just play drums, mate.

My little brother played drums, so we had a drum set over at my house.

I've been playing drums since I was 7.

I like a bass drum. A big one.

You want a drumstick? Like a ice cream cone or a chicken wing!?

I started out as a drummer, and now play with a back-to-basics rock band called the 'Luddites.' I'm happiest when I'm behind the kit.

My son Wesley has just turned 13. He was 12 during the recording of this record and he is quite a drummer already and has been studying drums since he was four, but he's also very interested in African percussion and studies percussion.

I played in the percussion section 4th grade through high school - snare and timpani mostly.