Quotes About Dedication

Anybody can be a drummer.

Drumming is so hard.

For Slipknot, I'd say drumming is only 50 or 60 percent of the job. The rest of it is who you are and what your personality is.

I started playing music when I was around 10. I always wanted to be in a band, so I started out by playing drums.

I've been playing drums since I was 7.

I didn't sing, but I did play the drums.

I learned how to play the drums... it got me into LTD.

I wanted to play drums and if I didn't play drums, I wouldn't make music and drums are the foundation for what I do.

I love playing drums and helping out.

I started on the drums when I was eight.

You don't hear about me being at parties, going out and gettin' drunk.

My wife let me have one room in the house that I can do whatever I want with so I got my dual monitors set-up here and my PC and I'm good to go.

I know how I feel about my music and how passionate I am. I'm not a fly-by-night dude.

I always laugh and say, 'Dudes, if I have to choose, I'm a political person first. I would never do another movie again and be completely happy.' I need to say how I feel.

I see a lot of dudes that don't take care of their families. I always said I wouldn't never be like that.

I love my life. I love my work. I love my training. It's all due to my love for life, my love for people. I'm very happy to be alive.

I'm not one of these writers who says, 'Oh yes, the next book is due out in one year and three days.' I just say, 'You're gonna get it when it's done. It's gonna be good, but you're not going to get it until it is good.'

I think I've been around for a while. But I still have to pay my dues.

The joy is in the work. The travel is the dues you pay.

I'm in five guilds; that's a lot of dues to pay. So I have to keep on working.

I paid my dues; I certainly did.

If you're not a Duke fan, you're not going to like me.

I really love Duke. My plan going in is to stay four years.

I just loved my experience at Duke that much where I wanted to stay.