Song Quotes by Jimmy Chamberlin

My brother was always in bands and on the road when I was a kid and he was my inspiration. He never made it…

— Jimmy Chamberlin

Had I joined a straight rock band, I'm sure my drumming would be a little bit different right now.

— Jimmy Chamberlin

After I left the Pumpkins, I went home and just sat around. I have a studio in my basement, and I found myself writing…

— Jimmy Chamberlin

No one writes about the emotional things you go through.

— Jimmy Chamberlin

I can't take days off and play like I did last night. Maybe some people can, but I can't.

— Jimmy Chamberlin

But back then the thing that saved me was the music, and it's certainly the music that saves me now. The music, my family…

— Jimmy Chamberlin

Part of the reason that I left the Pumpkins is because it was becoming all-consuming. Being the only member of that band who had…

— Jimmy Chamberlin

The thing I try to do the most is to play in terms of the song and play in terms of what I'm hearing.

— Jimmy Chamberlin

I always wanted to be in this role, as a songwriter. In the Pumpkins, it was always impossible because Corgan would wake up and…

— Jimmy Chamberlin

At first it was a bit daunting, but once I started to do it, the more I got into it, the more I started…

— Jimmy Chamberlin

All he wants to do is practice and that's all he does, all day long. That's what it takes if you want to change…

— Jimmy Chamberlin

If you can get a twelve year-old kid to go listen to Thelonius Monk, what more do you want? Do you want a big…

— Jimmy Chamberlin

I think that the jazzy approach that I have is based on the way that I hear music and in the way I play…

— Jimmy Chamberlin

Music is always going to be only as sophisticated as the culture that consumes it.

— Jimmy Chamberlin

What I see for the band by the end of this year is the Complex live at the Montreux Jazz Festival. I want my…

— Jimmy Chamberlin