I stopped hating and started just being. My whole life, I had been the most defensive person you'd meet, unable to tolerate any criticism. But now I started listening and being.

The energy is still similar because I saw some old footage of us when we were in France that they'd dredged up out of God knows where and I was like, the energy is still there.

It is difficult to recognize true love, the one which you feel for the other person, when for years the girls, even more than one per night, after concerts would sneak in our beds and were willing to do everything - group sex also - just to stay with Anthony Kiedis and the Red Hot.

I find it hard to meet the right woman as people assume I'm a certain type of person - which I'm not.

I had to educate him that there was no such thing as writer's block, that writers write when they write, and when they don't, they don't.

I never felt like dying was a good idea.

I wish there were more good new bands that would light a fire and offer a little friendly competition that would be welcomed.