Josh Klinghoffer Quotes & Sayings

“Life seems terrible and disappointing, so you need to find something you need to make you stick around. Music that makes me happiest is the saddest music, with the most emotional feel.”

“Dot Hacker, to me, sounds like a collection of all my tastes. I hear four people trying to fill up as much space as they can.”

“I always like to say that the music I'd like to make is somewhere between Pan Sonic and Scott Walker. But I don't sing anything like Scott Walker.”

“I don't think there should be a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, period.”

“I like really sparse electronics, lush arrangements, and interesting chord structures.”

“I'll try not to let a day go by without making a song. I don't think I've created a lot of music.”

“Since I was a teenager, I wanted to be in a band with my mates: my pure image of a band.”

“The Chili Peppers have a real strict two-week on/two-week off policy - aside from me, everybody has families.”

“I just like playing music and doing it with people that I care about. It doesn't really matter where. It's like, 'Why don't we just play piano in a small bar? Why do we want to make an arena full of people happy?'”

“I've always been a singer in my mind. Fronting a band is something I've never done because I've always done other things. It's something I want to do, and the more I do it, the more and more it feels very natural. I've always been a little timid and shy. Playing with both bands, Dot Hacker and the Chili Peppers, has given me a lot of confidence.”