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

Music is energy, and energy is the single most important form of it in the world. Without energy, there is no life. The only difference between a dead person and a live person is the energy, the electricity flowing inside their system, and that's what makes music.

The main thing experience has taught me is that one has to sort of hone their relationship to time, you know.

As far as my solo record, I don't want a gold record or anything, I'm happy to be small and to have the people appreciate the music who really like me for being me.

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.

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

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