#rum

I first heard African drum rhythms and chants at the movies. Then, when I had the opportunity to go to Africa and visit the villages, I heard the real, raw, true rhythms and realised the origins of the old Negro spirituals I grew up with in the South. ↗

— Isaac Hayes

#african #drum #first #go #grew

Anytime I switch to another instrument, I immediately turn it into another kind of drum so that I can understand it better. ↗

— Levon Helm

#anytime #better #drum #i #i can

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

— Levon Helm

#drums #fun #good #good music #just

A friend of mine took me to Memphis advised me that I should get in the musicians' union. He gave me a set of drums and said, Stay on the job, son. ↗

— Levon Helm

#drums #friend #gave #get #i

Drums usually seem to tune themselves. ↗

— Levon Helm

#seem #themselves #tune #usually

With horns and a full rhythm section, the drums always looked like the best seat in the house. ↗

— Levon Helm

#best #drums #full #horns #house

Some records with drum machines on them sound phony and plastic. It all depends on how you use the tools. ↗

— Don Henley

#drum #how #machines #phony #plastic

What's new is that the White House itself has now been corporatized. It's not politicians working for the corporate interests. They are the corporate interests. That's where Bush came from, and Cheney and Rumsfeld. ↗

— Jim Hightower

#bush #came #cheney #corporate #corporate interests

What I wanted was for everyone listening to understand that these things mattered - not necessarily for me, but in this particular forum they mattered in terms of whether of not we were getting a person who should sit on the Supreme Court. ↗

— Anita Hill

#everyone #forum #getting #i #listening

I've experienced the highest of highs and lowest of lows. I think to really appreciate anything you have to be at both ends of the spectrum. ↗

— John Elway

#appreciate #both #ends #experienced #highest