And for me the only way to live life is to grab the bull by the horns and call up recording studios and set dates to go in recording studios. To try and accomplish something.

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

The main thing experience has taught me is that one has to sort of hone their relationship to time, you know.

The drive to create music that is pure is my highest priority. Sometimes I'll get extremely technical, and other times I'll just kind of go with the gods of music.

You gotta constantly purify yourself, living in the city, around human beings. There might be people close to you who affect you inside yourself in such a corrupt way that it screws with your ability to do what you do. But if you make sure that the people who are close you are good people who are there for you and love you, you can create your temple everywhere you go.

I write lyrics. I play the guitar. If the rest of the band had to do my schedule, they would be dead

Make sure you stay in touch with beauty instead of letting the ugliness of the world corrupt your soul