Cymbals famous quotes

When you're going for a joke, you're stuck out there if it doesn't work. There's nowhere to go. You've done the drum role and the cymbal clash and you're out on the end of the plank.
-- Bob Newhart

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I don't like symbolism that hits you over the head. A symbol should not be a cymbal.
-- Edward Albee

#Symbolism #Cymbals #Should

A lot of modern amps and preamps sound great when you're jamming by yourself, but don't hold up in a band situation. The sound isn't dense enough, and the lows and highs tend to get soaked up by the bass and cymbals.
-- James Hetfield

#Cymbals #Sound #Band

Poetry is a whim of Nature in her lighter moods; it requires nothing but its own madness and, lacking that, it becomes a soundless cymbal, a belfry without a bell.
-- Pietro Aretino

#Cymbals #Bells #Madness

The drums have hogged a lot of the credit. We're as much -- or more -- *cymbal* players, as we are drummers.
-- Peter Erskine

#Player #Credit #Cymbals

I want the music to stand out a little bit more than many other bands do. I still have some stuff where I don't use the high hat, and I don't use any crash cymbals. It just makes for an interesting sound because you don't really notice it when it's not there, but if it was there, you would definitely hear it.
-- Sune Rose Wagner

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