Red Hot Chili Peppers Quotes
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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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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 always like to say that the music I'd like to make is somewhere between Pan Sonic and Scott Walker. But I don't sing anything like Scott Walker.
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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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I think I'm still figuring out how to be a little less selfish.
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Playing along with records is key. And as far as equipment goes it has gotten so much more affordable and the drum sets are of great quality. I play Pearl; their Export Series is great for a beginner.
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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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Nobody starts out evil - we know that. It's life circumstances that lead them to that.
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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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I think dying is the ultimate high...
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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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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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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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I just like playing music and doing it with people that I care about. It doesn't really matter where. It's like, 'Why don't we just play piano in a small bar? Why do we want to make an arena full of people happy?'
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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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Sometimes one of us will have a riff or a bass line from home but it really gels when we come together. We really have a strong special chemistry that we take advantage of when we get together.
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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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Every true artist is at war with the world.
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You know, I like to climb trees and ride bikes and play.
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It seems like the chaos of this world is accelerating, but so is the beauty in the consciousness of more and more people.
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We didn't think about it but we never wanted to sound like anybody else.
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Honestly, I'm really just a teddy bear.