Chad Smith Quotes

I really just wanted to play the drum set and match that. I was never really into the percussion thing.

I am also a drummer of sorts. I've got an electronic set sitting in my bedroom.

I was always very aware of drummers. My oldest brother Henry was a drummer, and he drummed on everything in the house from the kitchen sink to stovepipes. He was the first drummer in the Gil Evans Orchestra, so you've got to know how great he was.

I had a jazz trio, a rock n' roll band, and I played drums in junior high, high school, college, big bands, and I played timpani in the symphony. I am a drummer. It's the one instrument I actually play pretty well. It's just hard to carry on your back.

I've played in pipe bands in Scotland, and I've always played guitars and drums and stuff.

I used to play drums when I was a kid, play the trombone.

I've been playing the drums since age nine.

Drums usually seem to tune themselves.

I play Orange County drums. I love those guys. I've got a four piece kit.

I played in the percussion section 4th grade through high school - snare and timpani mostly.

I love to talk about the drums and music. I started playing drums when I was probably six and played a lot until I was about ten or eleven years old. So, I guess five or six years where I played. I had a drum set at home, and I would just bang on it. I'd even go on the Internet and study basic beats and so forth.

Currently I'm working with Parker Fly on a new Midi guitar to arrive next year.

I look up to a lot of old school drummers from the '70s, '80s, and '90s.

I'm now comfortable playing a lot of the old songs, and I've gotten out a lot of the old equipment.

It's great if you can afford to carry a string section on the road with you, but most people are used to the idea of just a keyboard player creating those string sounds.

I taught myself how to play the guitar, I taught myself how to play the drums, and I kind of fake doing both of them. But drumming comes more natural to me, and it just feels better.

I tried playing the drums, and I could play 'Boys Don't Cry' by The Cure.

I learned how to play the drums. When we were in pre-production, when we were still in LA, I had a couple of drum lessons and then some in Toronto. I got the one beat down and that was it.

I love the way Pharell is laying down great drum tracks. He is a great drummer.

But I've gravitated more towards the drum set.

The drummer; he inspired me to play like no one else I have ever met.

I play the ukulele. I have a great group of friends, and we do things like have battles of the bands - me sometimes on ukulele, but mostly on drums.

I am just a guy who plays drums.

I've been buying instruments and musical gear for a long time.

You just can't walk into a venue, sit behind your drums, and expect to play a great show. It'll never happen.