“Flea and Anthony are into funk, like old school Meters and stuff like ...” — Chad Smith Quote

“Flea and Anthony are into funk, like old school Meters and stuff like that.”

“We always feel pretty creative as far as writing songs. We write them together; we just get in a room, or on occasion in Flea's garage. We just sort of improvise, like jazz musicians.”

“Edible names are what drives me as a musician. My next band will be called the Hot Dogs.”

“I'm always surprised that I'm still around funk and that people are still into it.”

“'Uptown Funk' has all the ingredients of the funk that I love.”

“I have to hear more live instrumentation, more band and more funk, and I don't hear enough of it, so I created it myself.”