John Anthony Frusciante Quotes

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

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

  

  John Anthony Frusciante Ataxia
  • Spiritual
  • Guitar
  • Intellectual