I remember in the early days when we played six nights a week for a month and I was doing my long drum solo every night. My hands were covered in blisters.
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My hands were constantly blistered or bloody; my ears were always ringing. I tore through drumheads and drumsticks like there was no tomorrow.
I've played drums in bands since I was 16.
I've been playing drums since I was 7.
I played in a punk rock band in high school called the High Heel Flip Flops. I was the drummer. I played drums for, like, four years.
I've been playing the drums since age nine.
I learned a lot from playing those late-night, 1-to-4 A.M. gigs with my band, and playing when no one was listening.
When I was young, I had one of those Yamaha drum machines, and I used to practice to that quite a bit, just to practice soloing and being in time and completing all my phrases.
My son now is 22 months old, he's been playing since he was 12 months old and he gets standing ovations on the drums. He's been with us since he was 10 weeks old, he's been on the drums. He's got blisters on his fingers before he can even talk.
So now I don't have time to practice drums. It's been five years since I've touched the drums.
I was a really avid bowler when I was a teenager. I had about a 210-220 average. I had blisters on my fingers.