Joey Jordison Quotes

Oh, I was super serious about practicing and rudiments, and still am. I still have all my books.

It's interesting. I've known quite a few good athletes that can't begin to play a beat on the drum set. Most team sport is about the smooth fluidity of hand-eye coordination and physical grace, where drumming is much more about splitting all those things up.

But primarily, the drummer's supposed to sit back there and swing the band.

Playing well with others is important - not being too flashy, just keeping good time and of course coming up with cool beats. A good snare drum, kick drum, high hat. Just getting good at the hand feet coordination.

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.

John Bonham was probably the most influential in terms of playing style and timing.

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

The closest things to an influence would be people like Charlie Watts or Al Jackson. But I didn't really listen to drummers; I basically played what I thought was needed for the Ramones.

Even though Peter Criss is a pretty simple player, he played with great feel and made the music get up and go.

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 think the way I play the guitar is very percussive. I play a lot of rhythm chops as though I were playing congas or something.

Venom was a band that strongly influenced the image and the idea behind Slayer.

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

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.

I have always had a certain rhythmic approach to my work.

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

I noticed a lot of guitar players neglected the rhythm part of rhythm guitar and decided I would try to focus in that.

Music deals with time and timing. It's so magical, but when you get into it, every little sound and every little space between the sounds, it's critical, so critical. And if it's not there, it not only feels wrong, but it ruins things.

I've always seen my drumming as lyrical anyway.

I play more rhythmically than I do a lot of notes.

When I speak of natural drummers I'm talking about guys that are playing with the talent God gave 'em.

Rudimental snare work is something I've always loved.

You can't show someone how to play the drums in six weeks, but you can point them in the right direction.

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

It's really important for the bass and the drums to somehow blend.