John Frusciante Quotes

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 I have to say to an inhabitant of the Earth in one hundred years is similar to what I have to say to the present inhabitants of Earth. To be creative.

I'm going through a phase where I'm really accomplishing a lot of things and in that is everything I've learned.

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

The Will to Death is what keeps me alive

If anything unfolds, it's supposed to

I don't want to be on the radio. I don't want to be on Mtv.

My music, my whole approach to the synthesizer has completely changed now.

And if a few other people come along who discover my music because they in some natural way come across my music, cool.

The drive to create music that is pure is my highest priority. Sometimes I'll get extremely technical, and other times I'll just kind of go with the gods of music.

Anybody who's a guitar player that's spent that time with another guitar player, there's nothing better than that.

Any guitar solo should reflect the music that it's soloing over and not just be existing in its own sort of little world.

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

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.

But I have been avoiding talking about what I'm doing now because it's frustrating for people to hear about things that aren't available yet.

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!

I just like to switch things up all the time. Like when it comes to singing, I try to find a different character for each song.

I combine aspects of many styles of music and create my own musical forms by way of electronic instruments.

I think you get people taking things to excess in all fields, doctors, lawyers - -it happens to all kinds of people.

I think an analogue synth is an extension of the natural world.

But I think I know just as many creative people who've never taken drugs in their life as I do who have taken a lot of drugs.

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.

Right now my taste is going more for things that are organic where the people are using all the sonic possibilities in interesting ways.

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.

I just feel like the songs that come out are the songs that come.

I consider my music to be Progressive Synth Pop, which says nothing about what it sounds like, but does describe my basic approach.

You don't throw your life away Going Inside You get to know who's watching you And besides you resides in your body

The curtains were made for moving Cause you know sometimes you're not always there

I'm dreading the time that is not near As a man on a cross I have no fear I can't believe these words I'm saying You've got to feel your lines