#rum

Generally, I end up being the one thrown against the wall, because Zach is the drummer. He's stronger than me. ↗

— Isaac Hanson

#because #being #drummer #end #generally

I was brought up west southwest coast of Scotland and my mother and father had a music shop, and so I was surrounded by pianos and drums and guitars, and music, of course. ↗

— Colin Hay

#coast #course #drums #father #guitars

If there were a clear prospect that such evils were part of a barbarian past, then at least we might find a small crumb of comfort. No such prospect exists: no scientific analysis can even remotely answer or account for past and present horrors of human behaviour. ↗

— Simon Conway Morris

#analysis #answer #barbarian #behaviour #clear

When I was young, I had one of those Yamaha drum machines, and I used to practice to that quite a bit, just to practice soloing and being in time and completing all my phrases. ↗

— John Otto

#bit #completing #drum #had #i

You've got to learn your instrument. Then, you practice, practice, practice. And then, when you finally get up there on the bandstand, forget all that and just wail. ↗

— Charlie Parker

#finally #forget #get #got #instrument

Indeed, the creators of the euro envisioned it as an instrument to promote political union. ↗

— Gerhard Schroder

#envisioned #euro #indeed #instrument #political

I'm getting ready to write a piece now, and it's been six months thinking about it, changing the instrumentation, changing the name, doing more reading. ↗

— John Zorn

#been #changing #doing #getting #i

Society, you're a crazy breed. ↗

— Eddie Vedder

#music #society #soundtrack #superapple #supertrump

I'm a little more of a lead instrument in the Meatbats. ↗

— Chad Smith

#instrument #lead #little #more

Doesn't seem quite real. It's not meaningful. I can't quite imagine myself being 73. That's the age my father was! [Laughter.] How can I be his age? It's weird. ↗

— Don DeLillo

#ageing #fathers #robert-mccrum #weirdness #age