35 Quotes by Justin Chancellor

It's okay to be inspired by other people and it can be a useful learning tool to play other people's music, but let out what's inside of you.

Find your voice and don't be afraid to explore it.

There's a vulnerability to our music that attracts people.

I'm ashamed to say it, but I watch YouTube videos of our live shows, wondering if it actually sounded the way it sounded when I was playing it, and the consistent thing I see is that you can feel the anxiety and the tension and it's over-aggressive a lot of the time.

It's very rare that we play a gig and we all come off and say 'That was great, I had a great time!' There's always someone that's had a bad time. So the goal is always to achieve the next level of performing the piece that you've written. You're looking for something that you haven't even captured on the album.

Every time we record, and every time we go out live, we try and beat what we've already done.

We're not complete prodigies musically and as a band together it takes more and more work to find something new and special.

I don't know what I did to my main bass. I've poured makeup into it, I've bashed it around - and we've gone in the back and cleaned it up... It sounds amazing and one of a kind at this point, but it picks up a really decent radio signal if you're anywhere near an antenna.