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Top 20 Chad Smith Quotes (2025 Update)

Chad Smith Quote: “Family time is really important to me.”
Chad Smith Quote: “I’m being a dad and a good husband.”
Chad Smith Quote: “Jazz can be so serious, no sense of humor.”
Chad Smith Quote: “Going up north with the redwoods and driving along the coast, it’s got everything, man. It’s got the desert, the mountains, and the ocean. It’s beautiful.”
Chad Smith Quote: “The Meatbats are a throwback band.”
Chad Smith Quote: “There’s something about the rawness of the live thing, there’s no rhythm guitars behind the solo, nothing other than what you hear the people playing at that moment. It’s exciting, it’s about the performance.”
Chad Smith Quote: “Playing well with others is important – not being too flashy, just keeping good time and of course coming up with cool beats. A good snare drum, kick drum, high hat. Just getting good at the hand feet coordination.”
Chad Smith Quote: “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.”
Chad Smith Quote: “I took a private lesson, but it didn’t really work out, so I went back to playing along with records. That’s really the thing that got me into playing a lot – getting excited about playing along with my favorite bands like Zeppelin and Black Sabbath.”
Chad Smith Quote: “People who come up to me are drummers or fans of the band. I don’t get it too much, but I’ll be somewhere and someone will have me take a picture or something.”
Chad Smith Quote: “Flea and Anthony are into funk, like old school Meters and stuff like that.”
Chad Smith Quote: “Drums all have their own particulars – each drum has a place where they sound the best – where they ring out and resonate the best, and the head surface isn’t too loose or too tight, mainly so you get a good rebound off of the head.”
Chad Smith Quote: “I just love to play and I get a chance to play with other musicians and I jump on it.”
Chad Smith Quote: “For live you need a microphone for the snare and the high hat, the kick drum, a nice stereo overhead and one for the toms – you can get away with using four mikes.”
Chad Smith Quote: “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.”
Chad Smith Quote: “Cardiff Stadium was a warm up for the 3 Hyde Park shows. James Brown opened. And I think it may be the only time we played Mini Epic live.”
Chad Smith Quote: “I’m a musician. It’s what I do! I wouldn’t be too good at anything else.”
Chad Smith Quote: “Edible names are what drives me as a musician. My next band will be called the Hot Dogs.”
Chad Smith Quote: “Its very sort of spontaneous and organic, not a preconceived sort of jamming. Now we record everything, cause sometimes you’ll forget, you know, ‘what was that thing again?’ So we record everything.”
Chad Smith Quote: “I’m a little more of a lead instrument in the Meatbats.”
Chad Smith Quote: “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.”
Chad Smith Quote: “Playing along with records is key. And as far as equipment goes it has gotten so much more affordable and the drum sets are of great quality. I play Pearl; their Export Series is great for a beginner.”
Chad Smith Quote: “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.”
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