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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For women in, say, Alabama, 'feminism' is a dirty word. They would never march in the streets. But although they don't think of themselves as the beneficiaries of feminism, they are.
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There are some parts of my life that are wonderful, and it's amazing to get to go to cool events and award shows and things like that, but I think the outside perception is that your life just changes overnight and you wear Dolce and Gabanna suits and drive a Mercedes. But life's just not like that.
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A novel is not a rant.
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Come on... when you're running, if you see you're going to win, you're going to celebrate.
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What makes me happy is having a really nice day out with my mum, or getting better at something I've been working hard at.
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Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.
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The thing that can get kind of annoying is, when you travel so much, how hectic it gets. I was being interviewed once - it was a phone interview - and they said, 'Where are you right now?' and I didn't know where I was.
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When I'm singing I feel like I'm talking to someone. I'm in conversation when I perform - either with myself or with whomever is listening.
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After five years in Ferrari, being second all the time, I think it was enough for me.
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I don't know if they were all functioning, but I did play in a bunch of bands.
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Did you really think I would sell you out?
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We are all born mad. Some remain so.
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We have these old fashioned ideas. For instance, here in America, we talk about democracy - but we don't have a democracy. There are elements of a democracy.
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Guys usually know immediately that I'm high-maintenance.
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I always had the dream of flying, and the cheapest way is to become a skydiver.
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We are a nation in which freedom is alive in the squares and streets, in the daily work of the communications media, in the open relationship between the governing and the governed.
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Literature is the denunciation of the times in which one lives.
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It is natural to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes to that siren until she allures us to our death.
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Well-secured files don't do you much good if you lose them in a fire or hard drive crash.
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The more film festivals, theatrical shows, and music performances and visual arts we have, the less chances there are for war. Art is hope, and it is found in hope, and that's why we need to share our experiences and cherish art.
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I had no schooling before I joined The Beatles and no schooling after The Beatles. Life is a great education.
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When I come to England, I don't claim England; I don't own it. I feel a great kinship because of the literature and the landscape. I have great affection for Edward Thomas and Philip Larkin, but there's still this distance: looking on at what I'm admiring, separate from what I am. And that's OK.
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The best things are placed between extremes.
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When the intellectual part of guitar playing overrides the spiritual, you don't get to extreme heights.
