Ted Dwane Quotes

And I like messing around in the engine room of music. Seeing what happens in the rhythm section area.

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 really pay attention to the bass in the music I listen to, and that's what I tend to write toward.

Drums just always sounded like the most fun part of that good music for me.

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.

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.

Generally, I like Indian music because the melodies are usually not too complex, which is how I like music, and that's the way I write music.

What came to me as a revelation was the use of rhythm in developing an overall structure in music.

I like structure, cool, hip songs, and fun, hooky music.

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.

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.

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

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

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

But I've gravitated more towards the drum set.

The drums tell me everything. Everything else registers a millisecond later.

Essentially my contribution was to introduce repetition into Western music as the main ingredient without any melody over it, without anything just repeated patterns, musical patterns.

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.

We've always been quite clear about how we want the songs to sound. If we can imagine the song being played at a party, and it gets people tapping their feet, then it's in.

With 'Under the Pressure,' I just found two chords I liked, and built it up, did like a ten-minute drum pattern.

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

I like to always do my best to make music catchy, so I think a very catchy melody is cool.

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