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. Justin Chancellor Read Quote
We’re not complete prodigies musically and as a band together it takes more and more work to find something new and special. Justin Chancellor Read Quote
Every time we record, and every time we go out live, we try and beat what we’ve already done. Justin Chancellor Read Quote
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. Justin Chancellor Read Quote
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. Justin Chancellor Read Quote
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. Justin Chancellor Read Quote
The last thing I do is go and listen to heavy rock music. But I love electronic music. The purity of the tones is inspiring, because it’s obviously much more controlled than a guitar tone. Justin Chancellor Read Quote
I’m a big Beethoven fan, and you’ll struggle to find a three-minute song on any of his stuff. Justin Chancellor Read Quote
