I still love with all my heart anything that I have ever loved in my life.

People fall into patterns at fast speeds, when really, to have a clear musical thought - the kind of musical thought that makes a melody work - our brains just can't think that fast. At a certain point, you're going on automatic.

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

What's gone will never come back, but it exists when you think of it.

What really helps me is being able to record my albums at home - I have more fun experimenting that way, as opposed to working with an engineer, in which case I have to deal with the humiliation of doing take after take, and that can get frustrating.

I consider my music to be Progressive Synth Pop, which says nothing about what it sounds like, but does describe my basic approach.

For me, theory has always opened things up to where I can walk into a room and just by hearing something I know exactly where to go on the guitar. I have a better time playing because I have a variety of colors to bring to the table.