Justin Chancellor Quotes

Justin Chancellor

Profession : Musician

Birth : November 19, 1971

I think that's an idea that's always appealed to us - to let something go where it wants to.

Justin Chancellor

It's not like people are going to be reading about us every day in the magazines.

Justin Chancellor

The whole idea is preserving the music and the art and not having us and our faces and our individual characters distract from that. That was the original idea, and now it's really become part of what Tool is. It has allowed us to really concentrate on our music and our show.

Justin Chancellor

The whole thing about Tool is that it kind of feeds on itself. If it's going, it's going. If it's at a grinding halt, there's either the will to pick it up again and get it going or not. We've been through serious stages of nothing... business problems or personal problems or whatever.

Justin Chancellor

You can't help but have ideas when you're inspired musically.

Justin Chancellor

Anything you spend a long time on, of course it would be nice if everyone likes it. But I think the strength that we've got is that we always concentrate on what we want it to be like and not really trying to please other people.

Justin Chancellor

If you're going to play bass, then play bass how you play bass. You can learn technique and theory, but we want to hear what you have to offer.

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.

Justin Chancellor

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

Justin Chancellor

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

Justin Chancellor

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

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

Justin Chancellor

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

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