Mainly, I don't like it when music is made solely to impress people or in order to please business people; it doesn't sound good to me. If you're making music in order to become famous or loved by the masses that's not what I'm about. When somebody's making music for the wrong reasons, I hear it right away.
John FrusciantePeople fall into patterns at fast speeds, when really, to have a clear musical thought - the kind of musical thought that makes a melody work - our brains just can't think that fast. At a certain point, you're going on automatic.
John FruscianteThe main thing experience has taught me is that one has to sort of hone their relationship to time, you know.
John FruscianteI think the feelings in my music were suggested to me before I even had the ability to play music.
John Frusciante