Danny Carey Quotes

Yes, I love to play drums and bass and guitar and piano. Those are the main instruments I play. That is it.

I started playing the drums when I was 10 years old, I think because it was fun. And then when I hit adolescence around 14, I sorta liked girls, so drums became more of a passion, and I started playing in bands.

If you don't have a good rhythm section, your band is toast; you're a bar band. Good rhythm section, you've got a chance to get out of the bar.

My sister plays piano, and my brother used to be on the drums. My dad sings; he's got a good voice.

Music has generally involved a lot of awkward contraptions, a certain amount of heavy lifting.

If you're going to start with melody you'll need some tympani, I think.

An important part of being in a band is the rhythm section.

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

When I do the music, I make the musicians listen to what's happening in the film. That way they treat the dialogue as if it was a singer.

My work on hyper instruments started with simple instruments, like the piano.

I'm not a great band member; I'm more of a band leader.

How to play music may be known. At the commencement of the piece, all the parts should sound together. As it proceeds, they should be in harmony while severally distinct and flowing without break, and thus on to the conclusion.

I'm a bass player from way back and Paul is a guitar player and we've been in many bands.

You can be a singer, and you can be a guitar player, but putting them together is another animal.

I mean, I can sit down with a guitar, and in fact, we do two, three songs with just guitar and percussion.

I don't need to hear Bill to go through a song. I need to hear Keith to go through a song. I know Bill will be playing what I'm playing anyway. I need to hear Keith because it's all there: the time, the chord changes, and all the licks you have to follow.

I am just the band leader, and I just keep everything in tune.

I've watched so-called 'New Order' playing in Auckland, and Tom Chapman is miming along to my bass on tape... He's got his fingers on the low, and you can hear my high bass in the background. So he's miming.

I love collaborating because I come from the world of being in bands.

Travis Barker is one of the greatest drummers ever, and all the guys in blink are really good songwriters.

You can have the best riff in the world, but if the drums behind it just ain't vibing it, it's not gonna be the greatest riff, right? So you've gotta have someone there that can really bring that to life.

I wanted to play drums and if I didn't play drums, I wouldn't make music and drums are the foundation for what I do.

I love songs, so when you're song-based, it doesn't matter which way the production leans.

Prince, I think, trained amazing musicians to bring more to any musical table they come to.

I'd always envisioned 'The Big Beat' leading off 'The Tale of the Tape' with the biggest drumbeat the rock world had ever heard. I knew I had something good… but I had no idea just how good.