Quotes by John Frusciante

“I think the feelings in my music were suggested to me before I even had the ability to play music.”

“In music you have people exposing this very vulnerable part of themselves, and you also have the lifestyle is so fast that oftentimes people search for whatever the easiest way to feel relaxed in t...”

“I find that the best way to do things is to constantly move forward and to never doubt anything and keep moving forward, if you make a mistake say you made a mistake.”

“The main thing experience has taught me is that one has to sort of hone their relationship to time, you know.”

“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.”

“For me my friendship with Omar Rodriguez from Mars Volta that friendship really means a lot to me because he's another creative person who works as hard as I do.”

“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...”

“Sexual frustration is the single most powerful force in the world. We are the only species where that frustration affects things like the amount of money given to the poor and the length of welfare...”

“Pot put me in a position where I could walk far away from my playing and hear it in the second person. It helped me step away from myself. I stopped seeing the guitar as a thing I'm holding in my h...”

“I can't say that I'm crazy, you know, about watching this. I don't like the person who I was back at this time, and-and, uh... I think I had all my priorities in the wrong places and I think if I w...”

“I guess this is the first time in a video that I ever showed my arms since my arms have been scarred, 'cause my arms are-are pretty badly scarred. I guess people are always wondering so I might as ...”

“Pagers are my life--I try to get them in to our music as much as possible.”

“Well, I don't even know how to drive in this life, so I'm pretty far from ever having the life of being a stuntdouble. I liked- I had an Evil Knievel doll when i was a kid, that's about it!”

“A child has this relationship to a creative force, you know? Yeah, your parents gradually, you know, they gradually shove your face in the concrete, and so do your teachers and school system and…ev...”

“I think any music of any worth has been done by people who were very interested in the internal process of their soul and their mind that's taking place while they're writing music.”

“In your pussy I'm cummingAnd I love you, and always had toThank God I found you”

“The curtains were made for movingCause you know sometimes you're not always there”

“I've been in pain hope it doesn't showI've been insane well the time is slow”

“You’re pushing me away to decay like the day that I loved”

“I've never been very smartbut I connect you with your shadow”