179 Quotes by John Frusciante

Well, I don’t need protection One life begins, another dies Bad timing I won’t last.

It means basically I’m using the synthesizer more to change the sounds of other things rather than to use it as the source of the sound.

So when I feel the spirit upon me it’s something I don’t take it for granted, and I don’t think I’m solely responsible for these things.

In the Chili Peppers I’m a part of that world in a pretty big world and that’s just the way it is.

For me it’s important to be in balance. To not let fear get in the way of things, to not worry so much about protecting yourself all the time.

What really helps me is being able to record my albums at home – I have more fun experimenting that way, as opposed to working with an engineer, in which case I have to deal with the humiliation of doing take after take, and that can get frustrating.

Maybe what I do isn’t going to be acknowledged by people, but that’s me. It’s my nature to do things that are weirder and less understood and that was a path I needed to take.

I try to put the same spirit into that that I put into any other music endeavor I’m involved in.

Even if my songs are a bit low-spirited, they make me happy. I become happy when I hear sad songs. When you sing about sad things in a beautiful way, the atmosphere turns upside down.