A Quote by Miles Davis

Certain drummers drop time, and I like to play on top of the beat.

Miles Davis

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Beat Certain Drop Drummers Like Play Time Top

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Miles Davis
American - Musician
May 26, 1926 - September 28, 1991

Jazz drummers traditionally are not always prepared to just hold down the beat; it's like they're soloing the whole time.

Steven Wilson

Some of [drummers] drop time because they want to hear what you're doin'.

Miles Davis

I'm very influenced by jazz drummers. I always liked drummers like Roger Taylor, Keith Moon, Ian Paice, John Densmore. I just learned from playing to those drummers.

Steven Adler

You cannot play at your best and beat a top team one day and drop your level the next day.

P. R. Sreejesh

You'd be surprised. Drummers ape each other. The way every rock n' roll record sounds like something else but not all together. Everything other drummers play, if you're playing drums, they all hear.

Miles Davis

When you play against top players, sometimes you can play - you can play your utmost and you still get beat.

Tim Howard

I really like working with drummers, I like being able to bounce ideas off drummers.

Thighpaulsandra

Yes, there are times where I might play one bad service game a set. If you look at Sampras, he might play one slightly suspect service game every three sets. So to beat someone like that you've obviously got to be right on top of your game. I've basically got to get rid of that in my game so it makes me very difficult to beat.

Tim Henman

When the album 'Duke' came out, by Genesis, Phil Collins beat Dad in a drummers poll. My dad got me to learn 'Turn It On Again' by Genesis. I'd play it, and he'd go, 'Do it again,' until I got it right. I'd play it until I nailed it, and then he went, 'I don't see what the big deal is. My 12-year-old son could play that song.'

Jason Bonham

I've gotten hernias from drummers when they drop tempo.

Miles Davis

I was top-10 once upon a time in this league, and I took a quick drop-off. Like, that's just not normal.

Metta World Peace

I've talked to some drummers who seem to have a very hard time staying in shape on the road, including some drummers touring with high-profile acts that don't have to live on fast food every night.

Matt Cameron

To women, drummers seem like these adorable, sexy Neanderthals, but lead singers seem mysterious and dangerous. So while the lead singers all want to be David Bowie, floating into parties and being the center of attention, it's the drummers who are in the corner doing keg stands and breaking tables. Usually it's the drummers who get the fun-loving ladies and the singers who get the nutcases.

Dave Grohl

To women, drummers seem like these adorable, sexy Neanderthals, and lead singers seem mysterious and dangerous. So while the lead singers all want to be David Bowie, floating into parties and being the center of attention, it's the drummers who are in the corner doing keg stands and breaking tables. Usually it's the drummers who get the fun-loving ladies and the singers who get the nutcases.

Dave Grohl

There's a rule in acting called, 'Don't play the result.' If you have a character who's going to end up in a certain place, don't play that until you get there. Play each scene and each beat as it comes. And that's what you do in life: You don't play the result.