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

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

I'm not interested in meeting people's expectations, and I'm not interested in pleasing people.

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.

But I have been avoiding talking about what I'm doing now because it's frustrating for people to hear about things that aren't available yet.

Right now my taste is going more for things that are organic where the people are using all the sonic possibilities in interesting ways.

And this whole period of time of gradually working at being a better guitar player and songwriter have gradually led me to the point where I feel I'm doing a clearer representation of the thing that I've been feeling inside me since I was four years old.