Chad Smith Quotes

I had to learn chord shapes. I bought books with chord charts. I used to listen to all kinds of pop music.

The key to longevity is to learn every aspect of music that you can.

My mum was very good at making me take up musical instruments, so although there was no popular music she made me learn the recorder when I was three, the violin when I was five and the piano when I was seven. I took up the guitar myself when I was 14.

When I was a kid I never learned to play. I actually got in bands through watching people play and copying them.

My dad always played a lot of music, so I heard him playing all the time, and then I decided that I wanted to learn to play guitar, so I got an acoustic and started taking lessons. I wanted to be able to shred like Yngwie Malmsteen.

When you're talking about your own music every day, listening to bands, going to festivals, you can kind of lose sight of your initial connection with music. Instrumental music - especially jazz - helps me refocus.

I never played music, but it's an important thing ... the studying, the inspiration.

A friend of mine once told me that I can't screw up when I play my own music. I also take voice lessons, play other peoples' songs out of music books, and occasionally figure out how to play other people's music from records. This keeps my ears, fingers, and mind working.

I go through periods listening to specific types of music. Because I'm a musician, listening to music is... it's a bit like work for me. A little bit.

I got into rock music at thirteen, listening to Van Halen, learned how to play the electric guitar.

I don't sit and listen to music all day, although music is a big influence on me.

I first started playing the violin at 6. And then at 7, it was piano. So from then it was just classical music like every day.

When I was younger, and Iron Maiden and Def Leppard and all that stuff was coming out, I was learning all those songs and trying to play guitar and develop my chops. I was a big fan.

I love music, and I got an ear for it.

I've never actually learnt scales. I should someday.

You can't get a better education in what it is to write songs until you listen to American soul music.

I couldn't wait to get out of school in junior high to get with Willie Green to pick up some of the riffs he knew.

I learnt violin at school and hated it. I wish I'd learnt guitar or piano.

I don't have any hobbies. Music is my hobby.

I made a good living for a teenager. And I had to learn all different kinds of music - jazz, swing, Motown, pop - and that inspired what kind of music I started to write.

As a young musician, you really want to play.

First of all I listen to music. I like music.

I would practice while listening to records or learn from musicians who were better than I was.

When I was a teenager, I learned to play the trumpet. Music became my passion.

I am really addicted to music.