Simon Sinek

Don't quit. Never give up trying to build the world you can see, even if others can't see it. Listen to your drum and your drum only. It's the one that makes the sweetest sound.

English Author

Jane Fallon

One thing that was drummed into me when I was younger is that you have to make your own way in life, that you mustn't expect anyone else to support you.

Nuno Bettencourt

While you're learning guitar, figure out the drums, too. Not only does it help you have great timing, but it helps you understand how a band works.

Portuguese Musician

Julia Holter

It's nice to work with people who know how to mic drums right and how to record properly. But there's something to be said for doing it yourself.

American Musician

Gina Schock

When you have kids coming up to you saying, 'You're the reason I started playing drums,' it's the best feeling in the world.

Hank Williams III

Energy wise, playing the drums was a lot of fun; I just felt like it was a natural fit for me.

Ronald Perelman

Music plays a very important role in my life. I'm a frustrated musician. I play the drums.

American Businessman

Robert Trujillo

There's a lot of personality in Lars's drumming. That's what makes it unique.

Roger Taylor

Obviously, I like the drums to be heard. I think they're important.

Mike Portnoy

Often used when talking about playing in bands or orchestras and associated with rhythmic music.

Music Band

Drums have cultural significance in many societies, often used in rituals and ceremonies.

Cultural Symbol

Playing the drum can express feelings like excitement or aggression due to its strong sound.

Expression of Emotion

Drumming with fingers or items shows restlessness or impatience.

Sign of Impatience

Used metaphorically to describe any constant, monotonous action.

Repetitive Action

Refers to a cylindrical part that often rotates, found in appliances and machinery.

Machine Part

Used in academic context to mean instilling knowledge through constant repetition.

Educational Repetition

Refers specifically to the fish known for making a drumming noise.

Unique Fish Sound

Used colloquially, often implying forceful or dishonorable dismissal.

Dismissal

An archaic UK term for informal gatherings, rarely used in modern language.

Historic Gathering

 And the thing about a successful life is that a lot of the time, our ideas of what it would mean to live successfully are not our own. They're sucked in from other people; chiefly, if you're a man, your father, and if you're a woman, your mother. Psychoanalysis has been drumming home this message for about 80 years. No one's quite listening hard enough, but I very much believe it's true.

A kinder, gentler...

 I said, "What kind of trouble did you have?" And he said, "Well, they would do this bizarre thing. They didn't take people out in the sunshine where you begin to feel better. They didn't include drumming or music to get people's blood going. They didn't involve the whole community. They didn't externalize the depression as an invasive spirit.

Depression, the secret...

 something didn't you ask me one more time he said do you know what you're doing and then he looked at me I'm going to tell you what you're doing and this older man looked at me and he says you're beating the drum for justice you keep beating the drum for justice and I was so moved I was also really relieved

The urgent need for...

 He said, "If you want to build a ship, don't drum up your men to collect wood and give orders and distribute the work. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea." In other words, I claim, if we really want to improve our judgment as individuals

Why you think you're...

 Some need a stand or a stool. But the cajon is a drum, a stand and a seat all in one convenient box. And this simplicity may be key to its journey across continents and cultures to become one of the most popular percussion instruments in the world today.

Rhythm in a box: The...

 caused trauma to the ear drums and brain. Commanders even forbade their soldiers from singing traditional Swiss songs for fear that they'd lead to desertion or suicide. But as migration increased worldwide, nostalgia was observed in various groups.

Why do we feel...

 It's central to our experience, rhythm and repetition, rhythm and repetition. On, and in, and on, and out. And we delight in those aspects everyday, in the rhythm of a song, the beat of the drum, the nod of your head,

The pleasure of poetic...

 became useful an elaborate process transformed them into world-class musical instruments pounding the drums produce sounds that eventually work their way into everything from Island calypso to classical music

Steel Drums

 who felt under attack, and by the patients whom they had influenced. I had sometimes armed guards at speeches that I was invited to give, people trying to drum up letter-writing campaigns to get me fired.

How reliable is your...

 the attack is on to intimidate their opponents the aggressive scream and drum on butter fruits several males corner an enemy female it's a ferocious attack and she's lucky to escape with her life