Billy Higgins Quotes

It's probably the first type of music we had, rhythm, whether it's poetry or tapping.

Only the drum is confident, it thinks the world has not changed

I desperately wish I had my tambourine with me now, because even after everything I'm still wearing heavy boots, and sometimes it helps to play a good beat

The human voice is the most perfect instrument of all.

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

I always loved bluegrass, but there was so much I didn't know about American country music in respect to the origins of this country. It was interesting to see the evolution of it.

I'm very interested in music and where these sounds of Western music come from.

I've been playing the drums since age nine.

Anything you strike, anything you shake or rattle, or just anything that can be picked up, and you can create a sound.

My favorite instrument is the snare drum. In Scotland, the snare drum is very prominent in Highland bands. The Scottish style of playing is in my blood. It's a very powerful instrument, but it can also be soothing, like velvet. It's a real challenge for composers.

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 love drums and still play frequently.

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 know there's some kind of history to mountain music-like it came from Ireland or England or Scotland and we kept up the tradition.

I learned how to play the drums. When we were in pre-production, when we were still in LA, I had a couple of drum lessons and then some in Toronto. I got the one beat down and that was it.

Drums were my first instrument.

I really just wanted to play the drum set and match that. I was never really into the percussion thing.

I am just a guy who plays drums.

I am also a drummer of sorts. I've got an electronic set sitting in my bedroom.

I learned how to play the drums... it got me into LTD.

The human voice deployed to recite the Vedas and later aid the temple dancers was paramount before any instruments emerged.

The drums are about gravity. Your hand naturally falls down on the drums as you hit them.

Most drummers are covered with a million drums, and everyone is like, 'What are you doing back there?'

I personally am into the minstrel technique - if I hear someone playing a lute or playing a crumhorn, it just moves me. I don't know why.

It was hard to play the drums at all when I got out of prison.