Anthony Kiedis Quotes
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I've been vegetarian since the 80s and, lately, even vegan. And I once happened to witness the slaughter of a cow. What atrocity must undergo an animal to satisfy the appetite of those fat men who eat hamburgers!
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It takes away a lot of the thrill of killing yourself when people are looking for you and you're disappointing them, because it is a lot of fun when you're out there killing yourself.
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Time and distance have a way of playing tricks with your best intentions.
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I'm a crier - let me know if you need some tips. I could cry every day, in a good way.
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She was probably the girl I loved the most of all my girlfriends, but also the toughest one to make things work out with. If I had put that much effort into any of my other relationships, I'd be married with five kids now.
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I'm an artist and I get very attached to my own little ditties.
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I don't take drugs nor drink since 2000 and I must say that I don't think about it anymore, although like every person that was addicted and has money - I know that this can lead to temptation.
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I wish there were more good new bands that would light a fire and offer a little friendly competition that would be welcomed.
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We took off our clothes, and we were basically in a sphere of love and light and warmth, and the rest of the world disappeared. It was better than I ever could have dreamed, it was that thing I had been looking for, that love mixed with the rapture of sex.
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I think I'm still figuring out how to be a little less selfish.
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It was like the Wizard of Oz had spoken, and what he said was too ludicrous to take seriously.
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Having a moment of clarity was one thing; I'd had moments like that before. It had to be followed with a dedicated push of daily exercise. It's a trite axiom, but practice DOES make perfect. If you want to be a strong swimmer or an accomplished musician, you have to practice. It's the same with sobriety, though the stakes are higher. If you don't practice your program every day, you're putting yourself in a position where you could fly out of the orbit one more time.
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Every true artist is at war with the world.
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I think dying is the ultimate high...
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I didn't have to go all the way to India for spiritual enlightenment. The blue-collar spirituality of everyday life was right in front of me, it was in every nook and cranny if I wanted to seek it, but I had chosen to ignore it.
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Once you've seen a solution to the disease that's tearing you apart, relapsing is never fun.
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When you realize that there's a name and a description for this condition that you thought was insanity, you've identified the problem, and now you can do something about it.
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That's a spiritual lifestyle, being willing to admit that you don't know everything and that you were wrong about some things. It's about making a list of all the people you've harmed, either emotionally or physically or financially, and going back and making amends. That's a spiritual lifestyle. It's not a fluffy ethereal concept.
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Buddhism helps me to have a healthy relationship with my body and spirit.
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I think art is inherently nonviolent and it actually occupies your mind with creation rather than destruction.
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I stopped hating and started just being. My whole life, I had been the most defensive person you'd meet, unable to tolerate any criticism. But now I started listening and being.
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We didn't think about it but we never wanted to sound like anybody else.
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Music itself was color-blind but the media and the radio stations segregate it based on their perceptions of the artists.
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You know, I like to climb trees and ride bikes and play.