A Quote by Bessie Smith

I don't want no drummer. I set the tempo.

Bessie Smith

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Drummer Set Tempo Want

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Bessie Smith
American - Musician
April 15, 1894 - September 26, 1937

I told people I was a drummer before I even had a set, I was a mental drummer.

Keith Moon

Once I had defined myself as a compositional drummer, I thought, "Well, I want to be an improvisational drummer."

Neil Peart

When I first set up my big band, I only had Gilson Lavis, the drummer from Squeeze, with me. He was the core element. Whenever a group hits the big time, they always get a new drummer because they really need that. You can make do with rubbish elsewhere.

Jools Holland

Up-tempo or slow tempo, I don't feel that one is better than the other.

Imelda May

You'd probably never recognize the drummer from your favorite band ever, if they walked past you on the street. I didn't even recognize the drummer from Pink Floyd the other day, and they're one of the biggest bands in the world ever. That's their choice, they're not the front man, they don't want to be, they want to be behind their drum kit. They're always the ones in the photo shoots that look slightly uncomfortable when they're forced to wear a leather jacket.

Dominic Cooper

I snapped my fingers all through it. Sometimes I set my own tempo during rehearsal by doing that.

Tennessee Ernie Ford

My drummer is my favorite drummer in the world, and he also happens to be the funniest person you'll meet.

Aaron Bruno

My dream job is to be a rock drummer and the alternate drummer for the Foo Fighters.

Rachael Ray

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

Gary Cole

My drummer right now, who was also the first drummer in Weeping Tile, Jon McCann, told me that [Hip drummer] Johnny Fay took drum lessons from [McCann's] dad, who taught a lot of the drummers in Kingston. He said that when he was in Grade 9, the Hip were the model; the goal was to get an agent and gig as much as possible.