Make sure you stay in touch with beauty instead of letting the ugliness of the world corrupt your soul
John FruscianteWhat really helps me is being able to record my albums at home - I have more fun experimenting that way, as opposed to working with an engineer, in which case I have to deal with the humiliation of doing take after take, and that can get frustrating.
John FruscianteBut I think I know just as many creative people who've never taken drugs in their life as I do who have taken a lot of drugs.
John FruscianteEven if my songs are a bit low-spirited, they make me happy. I become happy when I hear sad songs. When you sing about sad things in a beautiful way, the atmosphere turns upside down
John Frusciante