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

My religious point of view is something I can't talk about. It goes against my belief system to talk publicly about my own spiritual beliefs.

I think you get people taking things to excess in all fields, doctors, lawyers - -it happens to all kinds of people.

I'm also very impressed with the best people in experimental electronic world, like Peta and Eckart Aillers and Finez and Jim O'Rourke and Oren Umbarci and Francesco Lopez. Most of them use the computer as their main instrument.

But for me if I'm gonna read about something I'd rather read a pamphlet or the instructions to a synthesizer than a book on Buddhism.

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.

Maybe what I do isn't going to be acknowledged by people, but that's me. It's my nature to do things that are weirder and less understood and that was a path I needed to take