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Percussion Quotes

I read and write classical piano and percussion, also guitar Picture Quote #1

I grew up playing classical piano and percussion Picture Quote #1

When I was 12, I happened to see a schoolmate playing percussion, and it looked interesting. I asked for lessons, and it felt right Picture Quote #1

After I learned the piano, I went on to learn percussion, the tuba, b-flat baritone, French horn, trombone, trumpet, most of the instruments in the orchestra. Trumpet was my instrument Picture Quote #1

According to my parents, I just started drumming when I was two. I traveled with them from five to seven on the road, playing percussion. Between 8 and 12, my dad sort of prepared me by teaching me every aspect of road life Picture Quote #1

I love the percussion. It’s a right brain, left brain thing. There are different beats, but cooperating together. It’s your whole body doing it, you’re doing the snare drum and the high top with your hands and the bass drum with your foot. You’re this whole motion machine Picture Quote #1

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I have always been drawn to percussion and drums, to bass and piano, in music much more then I am drawn to the guitar and the other lead instruments Picture Quote #1

That’s how we grew up - kinda like Pops would put his drums, his percussion and instruments into the car and we would just go to a facility in the Bay Area and he would say to us, ‘You think we have it bad? There are people worse off than we are. Let’s go give back to the kids.’ And that’s how we grew up Picture Quote #1

I played in the percussion section 4th grade through high school - snare and timpani mostly Picture Quote #1

I’ve been down there 6 times and there’s nothing like Brazilian percussion Picture Quote #1

I identify more as a musician than as a singer, because I play piano and percussion, and I engineer and produce everything that I do Picture Quote #1

I really just wanted to play the drum set and match that. I was never really into the percussion thing Picture Quote #1

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Percussion is the most adaptable family of instruments. The biggest challenge is to project percussion in a lyrical way Picture Quote #1

I can’t get that live and I don’t have the time to take the tape, after I’ve finished recording it, into a little studio somewhere else where I can get a different kind of percussion sound Picture Quote #1

For a million years the sound of making handaxes provided the percussion of everyday life. Anyone choosing a hundred objects to tell a history of the world would have to include a handaxe Picture Quote #1

I got in the school band and the school choir. It all hit me like a ton of bricks, everything just came out. I played percussion for a while, and stayed after school forever just tinkering around with different things, the clarinets and the violins Picture Quote #1

I love the percussion. It’s a right brain, left brain thing. There are different beats, but cooperating together. It’s your whole body doing it, you’re doing the snare drum and the high top with your hands and the bass drum with your foot. You’re this whole motion machine Picture Quote #1

I’ve figured out what to do with my hands... onstage. I’m a percussion player, so I grab a tambourine as much as I can Picture Quote #1

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I think I can only help to expose percussion to all sorts of people. The balance between the lighter and more serious side is important Picture Quote #1

A large part of my work has been collaborating with composers; I think we’ve commissioned about 140 pieces now, a lot of them percussion concertos Picture Quote #1

I play a percussion instrument, not a musical saw; it needs no amplification. Where it’s needed, they put a microphone in front of the bass drum. But, I don’t think it’s necessary to play that way every night Picture Quote #1

I was able to interpret the difference between the sharp, quick sound and the slow, deep sound of percussion and manipulate it, get a third sound out of things, if the beats were rapid enough Picture Quote #1

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I read and write classical piano and percussion, also guitar (Percussion Quotes) I grew up playing classical piano and percussion (Percussion Quotes) When I was 12, I happened to see a schoolmate playing percussion, and it looked interesting. I asked for lessons, and it felt right (Percussion Quotes) After I learned the piano, I went on to learn percussion, the tuba, b-flat baritone, French horn, trombone, trumpet, most of the instruments in the orchestra. Trumpet was my instrument. (Percussion Quotes) According to my parents, I just started drumming when I was two. I traveled with them from five to seven on the road, playing percussion. Between 8 and 12, my dad sort of prepared me by teaching me every aspect of road life. (Percussion Quotes) I love the percussion. It’s a right brain, left brain thing. There are different beats, but cooperating together. It’s your whole body doing it, you’re doing the snare drum and the high top with your hands and the bass drum with your foot. You’re this whole motion machine. (Percussion Quotes) I have always been drawn to percussion and drums, to bass and piano, in music much more then I am drawn to the guitar and the other lead instruments. (Percussion Quotes) That’s how we grew up - kinda like Pops would put his drums, his percussion and instruments into the car and we would just go to a facility in the Bay Area and he would say to us, ‘You think we have it bad? There are people worse off than we are. Let’s go give back to the kids.’ And that’s how we grew up (Percussion Quotes) I played in the percussion section 4th grade through high school - snare and timpani mostly (Percussion Quotes) I’ve been down there 6 times and there’s nothing like Brazilian percussion (Percussion Quotes) I identify more as a musician than as a singer, because I play piano and percussion, and I engineer and produce everything that I do (Percussion Quotes) I really just wanted to play the drum set and match that. I was never really into the percussion thing (Percussion Quotes) Percussion is the most adaptable family of instruments. The biggest challenge is to project percussion in a lyrical way (Percussion Quotes) I can’t get that live and I don’t have the time to take the tape, after I’ve finished recording it, into a little studio somewhere else where I can get a different kind of percussion sound (Percussion Quotes) For a million years the sound of making handaxes provided the percussion of everyday life. Anyone choosing a hundred objects to tell a history of the world would have to include a handaxe (Percussion Quotes) I got in the school band and the school choir. It all hit me like a ton of bricks, everything just came out. I played percussion for a while, and stayed after school forever just tinkering around with different things, the clarinets and the violins (Percussion Quotes) I love the percussion. It’s a right brain, left brain thing. There are different beats, but cooperating together. It’s your whole body doing it, you’re doing the snare drum and the high top with your hands and the bass drum with your foot. You’re this whole motion machine (Percussion Quotes) I’ve figured out what to do with my hands... onstage. I’m a percussion player, so I grab a tambourine as much as I can (Percussion Quotes) I think I can only help to expose percussion to all sorts of people. The balance between the lighter and more serious side is important (Percussion Quotes) A large part of my work has been collaborating with composers; I think we’ve commissioned about 140 pieces now, a lot of them percussion concertos (Percussion Quotes) I play a percussion instrument, not a musical saw; it needs no amplification. Where it’s needed, they put a microphone in front of the bass drum. But, I don’t think it’s necessary to play that way every night (Percussion Quotes) I was able to interpret the difference between the sharp, quick sound and the slow, deep sound of percussion and manipulate it, get a third sound out of things, if the beats were rapid enough (Percussion Quotes)