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

Any guitar solo should reflect the music that it's soloing over and not just be existing in its own sort of little world.

When the intellectual part of guitar playing overrides the spiritual, you don't get to extreme heights.

I think an analogue synth is an extension of the natural world.

For me it's important to be in balance. To not let fear get in the way of things, to not worry so much about protecting yourself all the time.

Sometimes it takes just living your life a certain way to be able to open yourself to the rhythm of the cosmos.

I'm not interested in forcing my music on people, and that's what the whole music industry nowadays is based on is forcing stations to play it, forcing people to listen to it.