Buddy Rich Quotes

In the Foo Fighters, my main job is to be the drummer, and that's enough.

If drummers are 'anti-solo,' that's up to them. They're musicians, and they can play whatever they want. But my inspirations early on were people like Buddy Rich, seeing him on 'The Tonight Show', or Gene Krupa.

I saw a drummer play once when I was a kid and I thought, that's really cool. You know, you're moving. You're using your arms and fingers. So I tried it and I loved 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 play Orange County drums. I love those guys. I've got a four piece kit.

I love drums and still play frequently.

John Bonham, probably the greatest drummer ever - all of us wanted to play drums like him.

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

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

Drumming is my middle name.

I've always kind of had an interest in the drums but nothing else. The drums are the only thing I feel I would be good at, because I'm a very physical person. I've always played sports and stuff. Drums would give me something to do.

I look up to a lot of old school drummers from the '70s, '80s, and '90s.

Rudimental snare work is something I've always loved.

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

I had wanted to play drums since the age of 9 when I saw a drum set in the window of a music store for the first time. We took lessons at a local music school and began playing together after about 6-9 months of lessons.

I like drums, really, if they're under control.

Everyone knows deep in their hearts that the drums are the coolest instrument, and that a band is only as good as its drummer. So I'm all for drum solos. I'm all for drummers hamming it up. I'm all for drummers standing up and kicking over the kit.

Scott Asheton was a brilliant drummer, a natural musician.

Anybody can be a drummer.

Nobody could have predicted the effect of John Bonham's drum introduction on 'Good Times, Bad Times,' because no matter what he'd played in before, he'd never had the chance to flex his muscles and play like John Bonham.

Both my brothers are drummers.

I never professed to be a great drummer but I was a very heavy drummer.

Listening to John Bonham is just a sheer celebration of his playing - it can't help but fill you with so much joy.

I'm a street player, and all of my influences come from bands that I was listening to at the time when I was growing up. I was very impressed with guys like Mitch Mitchell. I liked rock and roll drummers, and I loved rhythm and blues guys like Clyde Stubblefield with James Brown. Man, that band blew me away all of the time.

I've never been a huge fan of drum solos.