19 Quotes by John Otto

But I've gravitated more towards the drum set.

Even on the drum level, it's all about stating your theme, going back to certain things that need to be emphasized, not doing fills for the sake of doing fills.

I've always liked funk and rock and everything.

I usually go with the first instinct, and then build upon that.

Sometimes the band can't fully hear your fill, so they come in differently. So I've also learned not to really step out too much, because you sacrifice the band when you do that.

It's all about theme and development anyway. That's what music is about.

I liked how it came out, and that's one thing I really was always thinking about, my meter. It's got to groove. It's got to move people.

I really just wanted to play the drum set and match that. I was never really into the percussion thing.

I'd take the syncopation and play swing, and then read the syncopation lines with my left hand.