Damien Chazelle Quotes

I actually wanted to be a drummer, but I didn't have any drums.

I love drums and still play frequently.

Drums were my first instrument.

If I could play drums like Patrick Carney or Taylor Hawkins, I'd be a really happy person.

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.

Anybody can be a drummer.

I used to play the drums when I was, like, 5 through 10.

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

I got my first set of drums when I was around 3. I went from band to marching band to Latin jazz band - it's like riding a bike.

I have a drum set in my dressing room. I play drums to relax and have some fun.

Dad bought me a toy drum one Christmas, and I eventually destroyed it. I wanted a real drum and he bought me a snare drum. Dad continued to buy me one drum after the other.

So now I don't have time to practice drums. It's been five years since I've touched the drums.

I'd be very honored to be the ambassador to drum solos.

Drumming is my middle name.

It's only in the seventies that I put the sticks down and I moved to the front.

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.

You know, there was not much wire work for any of us actors to do because the extent of what they did was so huge. I mean, they wouldn't just throw you from this table to that wall.

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

An uncle gave me a side drum and my mother decided I should have lessons.

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

When I first started drumming, when I was 14 or 15, I started writing songs. I wrote for a couple of years, but when we started 'Radiohead' it became very apparent quite quickly that I just wanted to concentrate on the drumming.

I've played drums in bands since I was 16.

I miss the physicality of drumming. There's immediateness about it that I'm always striving for in my acting. Maybe I'm in the wrong profession. I certainly wish I could spend more time pursuing music. It feels like a part of me I'm neglecting.

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.