133 Quotes by John Densmore

In my old age, I've learned that if I put the right cymbal crash in the very right spot, exactly, it can be as powerful as all my showoff drum rolls in my 20s.

I'm not the fastest drummer in the world, but I'm very into dynamics and knowing that there's space in between the notes and you got to breathe.

The '50s were so lame they produced the '60s!

Yes, the '60s went too far, but we were trying to find new ways, better ways, to do things. And great seeds were planted: civil rights, the peace movement, the environmental movement, feminism. They're big seeds. They take a long time to come to fruition. Please, let's stop fighting, and get out our water cans.

You hear a Willie Nelson solo, he doesn't play real fast, but it's so melodic and beautiful. It's kind of, to be human is to have space and not show all your stuff all the time.

Wouldn't it be nice if human nature could learn stuff before we get to the brink? It seems we have to experience it first.

We knew we were tight and good, but we didn't know we were going to be the band to help each generation cut its umbilical cord.

I'm from the Vietnam generation.

I'm not against a new band doing commercials to pay the rent.