I was in the Chilli Peppers at the time and I asked myself, would I be able to wear a sock on my genitals at the age of forty and they proved me wrong because I guess they're still doing it.

I've never tried to work chronologically. I don't think I have the discipline to do that.

I think there is quite a continuity over my 25 years of doing music, and I'm always trying to break away from it.

I'm not in a position in my career where I turn things down. I'm very easy. So the projects often dictate the direction you will go in. I welcome things that challenge me.

I don't like to write any music to a script. Experience has taught me that's generally a waste of time.

Composing demands a degree of isolation.

I work at home but average 15,000 to 18,000 miles per year on my Honda.