I think you get people taking things to excess in all fields, doctors, lawyers - -it happens to all kinds of people.
John FruscianteIn music you have people exposing this very vulnerable part of themselves, and you also have the lifestyle is so fast that oftentimes people search for whatever the easiest way to feel relaxed in the midst of all of it, or the easiest way to have energy.
John FruscianteEverything's very perfectly balanced; for all the horrible things in the world there's lots of good things.
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 FruscianteWhen I smile at the audience, I'm not smiling because I was told that you're supposed to smile to the audience. I smile because they're all smiling at me, and it's a great feeling to see all these happy people out there, and it makes me happy to see them happy.
John FruscianteEnclosure, 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.
John Frusciante