Anthony Kiedis Quotes
I was a little self-centered gutter punk in the early 1980s and all I wanted to do was diss everybody.
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Triple 6 Mafia and Mystikal in Atlanta was one of my first shows. I remember how sweaty and smashed up everybody was, and it was so punk rock.
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My mom says I either have to go to college or go into the military.
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I got all A's and was hated for it; I spoke correctly and was called a punk.
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The exercise of authority over the same area by two States is a contradiction.
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Rescue someone unwilling to look after himself, and he will cling to you like a dangerous illness.
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I first conceived of my far-future setting 'Punktown' in 1980, and though it contains 'punk' in its name, the term 'cyberpunk' hadn't been coined yet. I took my inspiration strictly from punk music.
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For my group of friends is Lady Gaga eye-opening? No. She's a less dangerous version of what was so cool about pop culture in the '80s. Back then it was so gay and so punk in so many ways.
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Before, Tiffany sold watches only in its own stores. Now, Tiffany watches are sold in 1,500 stores.
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In a post-9/11 world, diversity has become even more important.
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Success isn't something you achieve by accident, but rather by design.
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If it comes out sounding like Dixieland jazz or classical or punk or rock or even slightly metal, that's because that's where I'm going to find inspiration.
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Punk is always something that's going to be with us and to try and explain that would be stupid at this point.
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She has that kind of baby face, a very young face. So I was interested in working with Kate [Moss].
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Punk was perfect for lazy people, because anyone could do it--you didn't even need to know how to play your instrument, assuming you knew how to plug it in. There was really no difference between Sid Vicious and anyone in London who owned a bass.
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To appeal to God is to appeal to the action of universal love. Love never fails to come when we call to it, but it will always seem to fail us when our bidding is self-centered. The most powerful prayers are simply for God's will to be done, because God's will is healing for all living things.
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From what I see, nowadays punk and anarchy are still connected with "fast loud music by smelly drunk chaos-people" and, yes, I know I'm over-generalizing here. So when the occasional venue still describes us The ex as "anarchopunk" that's a real bummer, since it attracts an audience that expects a kind of music - which we don't play - and it keeps away another audience that actually might have liked it when they would have come. That's a pity, for both them and us.
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It's true the punk fashion itself was iconographic: rips and dirt, safety pins, zips, slogans, and hairstyles. These motifs were so iconic in themselves - motifs of rebellion.
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My son has followed fashion since he was a punk. He and I agree that fashion is about sex.
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I was a total punk. But I was still an outcast, even with the punks and stuff.
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Science is very vibrant. There are always new observations to be found. And it's all in the interest in challenging the authority that came before you. That's consistent with the punk rock ethos that suggests that you should not take what people say at face value.
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When you're thirteen and listening to punk, the aggressive nature of music can sway you to the dark side.
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Money is fun to make, fun to spend and fun to give away.
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I didn't like the idea of being foolish, but I learned pretty soon that it was essential to fail and be foolish.
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I was a little self-centered gutter punk in the early 1980s and all I wanted to do was diss everybody.
