The fact that I was a junkie for a long time is only one slice of my own personal pie, which is made up of a lot of different slices.

We've put songs out on singles and weird little packages that only the real vinyl-philes care about.

Buddhism helps me to have a healthy relationship with my body and spirit.

I know I'm in the band and everything but sometimes I just have to rock out to the John Frusciante Experience.

Having a moment of clarity was one thing; I'd had moments like that before. It had to be followed with a dedicated push of daily exercise. It's a trite axiom, but practice DOES make perfect. If you want to be a strong swimmer or an accomplished musician, you have to practice. It's the same with sobriety, though the stakes are higher. If you don't practice your program every day, you're putting yourself in a position where you could fly out of the orbit one more time.

I had not had any drugs for 5 years but then I relapsed again. I have also smoked nearly everything. Every day it was a battle to recover, which I fought for my son and myself.

When we get together to rehearse, we could write music together all day long - GOOD music.