As a father now, I wouldn't do what my dad did, because it left me feeling emotionally unstable as a kid. But he didn't do the things he did out of selfishness or malice.Collection: Dad
It seems like the chaos of this world is accelerating, but so is the beauty in the consciousness of more and more people.Collection: Beauty
Sometimes life's so much cooler when you just don't know any better and all the painful lessons have not hammered your head open yet.Collection: Cool
I think art is inherently nonviolent and it actually occupies your mind with creation rather than destruction.
I think there is always going to be inspired music and there are always going to be inspired listeners and there is always going to be an inspired method of getting it from A to B.
We did that with people like Chris Rock, Woody Harrelson, and the environmentalist Julia Butterfly Hill.
We'll have these people hang out with us while we're doing our touring, and talk to them and let them speak their piece to the world.
But then when he left, I realized that it was harder to write songs and feel spiritually connected to art and music as a band. When he came back I felt it again, instantaneously.
We've just learned how to balance ourselves a little better so that we're happier way more of the time than not, and, you know, being happy is a radical and desirable act if you ask me.
You know I love pot, and I love beer, but I am totally sober, just because it completely stopped working for me.
When I was younger, I used to hate Germany. I hated the country, the people, the language, the culture, everything! But over the years I've grown to really appreciate the German people.
My father rebelled ferociously against his conservative upbringing where his father physically abused him.
Four years into the life of my son, I realize I'm so in love with him and he's so in love with me that if I don't find that lifelong partner out there, it's okay.
I would have to say the person with whom I am most in love is definitely my son, Everly Bear. Although I'm his dad, I'm also his friend.
And I have a few friends that I think would go to bat for me no matter what. Flea is definitely one of them. Guy Oseary is one of them.
I never really thought in terms of the concept of being a rock star - being around people like that just seemed like normal day-in-the-life stuff to me. Those were just the surroundings I grew up in.
I was a little self-centered gutter punk in the early 1980s and all I wanted to do was diss everybody.
I don't even know what words to use to talk about the music industry anymore. But the business has changed a lot - the methods of releasing music.
I discovered surfing, which I absolutely fell in love with. That feels good and kind of keeps your body aligned, so does the salt water.
I think people that have fear that, 'Oh if I have a kid I won't be able to do this and I won't be able to do that.' It's kind of the opposite. It really gives you energy. It makes people better.
The fact my relationship with my son is so good makes me forgiving of my father and also appreciative.
Now I can look back and say I actually like the upbringing I had and my father was very attentive and a great educator.
I find it hard to meet the right woman as people assume I'm a certain type of person - which I'm not.
I have a few friends that I think would go to bat for me no matter what. Flea is definitely one of them. Guy Oseary is one of them.
You know what's the worst? Being a 16 year old girl who loves a famous Singer, not solely for his looks, but because you truly believe he is talented and devoted and you agree deeply with his message. Because no matter how intelligently and fully you can express that, people will assume you're just a silly teenager who thinks a famous guy is cute.Collection: Cute
It is difficult to recognize true love, the one which you feel for the other person, when for years the girls, even more than one per night, after concerts would sneak in our beds and were willing to do everything - group sex also - just to stay with Anthony Kiedis and the Red Hot.Collection: Girl
I've wanted to feel pleasure to the point of insanity. They call it getting high, because it's wanting to know that higher level, that godlike level. You want to touch the heavens, you want to feel glory and euphoria, but the trick is it takes work. You can't buy it, you can't get it on a street corner, you can't steal it or inject it or shove it up your ass, you have to earn it.Collection: Insanity
As long as a person is breathing, there is hope for them.Collection: Breathing
I don't even bother trying to picture a perfect world, because I don't think that perfection is something to strive for. I prefer imperfection. That's what makes things special. You know, things that changeCollection: Thinking
Sometimes, out of really horrible things come really beautiful things.Collection: Beautiful