You are free. Close your eyes. Open your mind. Let this music in, and you will see that this is true

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

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.

I write lyrics. I play the guitar. If the rest of the band had to do my schedule, they would be dead

Enclosure, upon its completion, was the record which represented the achievement of all the musical goals I had been aiming at for the previous 5 years. It was recorded simultaneously with Black Knights' Medieval Chamber, and as different as the two albums appear to be, they represent one investigative creative thought process. What I learned from one fed directly into the other. Enclosure is presently my last word on the musical statement which began with PBX.

I need people to call me, I never remember to call anyone - otherwise I'll just sit in my house and listen to music all day.

In the Chili Peppers I'm a part of that world in a pretty big world and that's just the way it is.