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

But 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.

I think the feelings in my music were suggested to me before I even had the ability to play music.

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.

I write songs because I have to write them, and if I didn't I'd be doing some other kind of music that didn't require a song.

Music is my friend, no matter where I go.

You should always think good things and always look for the good in the world. If you look for the bad in the world, you will always find something bad. But if you look for the good you will find it, it is there