Chad Smith Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I was in every band class I could get in, like after school jazz band and marching band, and that's where I really learned to read music from elementary all the way through junior high and high school.”

“Sometimes one of us will have a riff or a bass line from home but it really gels when we come together. We really have a strong special chemistry that we take advantage of when we get together.”

“I just love to play and I get a chance to play with other musicians and I jump on it.”

“We always feel pretty creative as far as writing songs. We write them together; we just get in a room, or on occasion in Flea's garage. We just sort of improvise, like jazz musicians.”

“I'm a musician. It's what I do! I wouldn't be too good at anything else.”

“Flea and Anthony are into funk, like old school Meters and stuff like that.”

“In some of the L.A. clubs, people can act too cool to get into your music. That can get to be a bit much.”

“Jazz can be so serious, no sense of humor.”

“I just try to approach and serve the music in the way that I think is right for the band I'm in at the time.”

“I'm a little more of a lead instrument in the Meatbats.”