Savion Glover Quotes

Most drummers are covered with a million drums, and everyone is like, 'What are you doing back there?'

I've been playing the drums since age nine.

The golden rule of drums is hands clapping and feet tapping, and when you are in and out of consciousness, you can't do that to best of your ability.

How can you not love a man banging on the drums? He knows how to keep a rhythm.

But I've gravitated more towards the drum set.

In hindsight, if I could go back in time and relay a message to my younger self, I would tell him to work on his time keeping, and that the job of a drummer is not to be the one that gets noticed the most on stage, or to be the fastest, or the loudest. Above all, it is to be the timekeeper.

When I watch drummers, I always want to see energy. It's not about the proficiency of the musicianship; I'm just into the vibe and excitement of it. With drums, it's such a primeval thing.

I consider every drummer that ever played before me an influence, in every way.

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

I love drums and still play frequently.

The heart of a music is its rhythm. The heart of rhythm section music is the rhythm.

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

I just play drums, mate.

It's as if my left heel is my bass drum and my right heel is the floor tom-tom. I can get snare out of my right toe by not putting it down on the floor hard, and, if I want cymbals, I land flat on both feet, full strength on the floor.

Probably for drums, a guy I really enjoyed watching is Simon Phillips. I've seen him play with The Who and with Pete Townshend on his own - a really great drummer.

Playing drums, for me, is like breathing. It's like thinking. It's like eating. It's like walking.

Obviously, I like the drums to be heard. I think they're important.

I find that drummers are the coolest people in the world. I play a little bit of drums.

My playing is always just a little on top of the beat. I can't lay down the kind of groove that Brad Wilk can. I'd really have to lay back to do that; it just doesn't feel natural to me.

Rhythm is the life of space of time danced through.

As a dancer, I love music that makes me want to move.

Perhaps of all the most basic elements of music, rhythm most directly affects our central nervous system.

Most great records really start with the drums.

The bass should be the note of the bass drum, and then you've got the engine of the band that everything else builds on. Everything else, the guitar, the keyboards, is a colour.