John Frusciante Quotes
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I combine aspects of many styles of music and create my own musical forms by way of electronic instruments.
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Everything is eternal Nothingness does not exist No thing has ever become nothing And nothing has never become something What is has always been and will always be
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Any guitar solo should reflect the music that it's soloing over and not just be existing in its own sort of little world.
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I'm not interested in meeting people's expectations, and I'm not interested in pleasing people.
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I think any music of any worth has been done by people who were very interested in the internal process of their soul and their mind that's taking place while they're writing music.
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My music, my whole approach to the synthesizer has completely changed now.
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If anything unfolds, it's supposed to
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I just feel like the songs that come out are the songs that come.
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I'm also very impressed with the best people in experimental electronic world, like Peta and Eckart Aillers and Finez and Jim O'Rourke and Oren Umbarci and Francesco Lopez. Most of them use the computer as their main instrument.
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It's my dream to make music that can make people feel like they're flying
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The Will to Death is what keeps me alive
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But for me if I'm gonna read about something I'd rather read a pamphlet or the instructions to a synthesizer than a book on Buddhism.
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Music has always carried me through times of loneliness. So when I make music, I like it to make people who listen to it feel like they have a friend who reveals something personal to them, rather than trying to be like a god up on a pedestal
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You don't throw your life away Going Inside You get to know who's watching you And besides you resides in your body
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I never feel like I'm running out of ideas, because it is clear to me - music is infinite
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To me music is the centre of the universe and the voice of the spirits and the voice of God and the voice of all the people who have lived and died...At least the ones I'm connected to.
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The main thing experience has taught me is that one has to sort of hone their relationship to time, you know.
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I'm dreading the time that is not near As a man on a cross I have no fear I can't believe these words I'm saying You've got to feel your lines
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You are free. Close your eyes. Open your mind. Let this music in, and you will see that this is true
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My religious point of view is something I can't talk about. It goes against my belief system to talk publicly about my own spiritual beliefs.
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We’re really lucky to live in a planet that has so much music. We could be living in some bland planet that had no music, no movies, no books, just a bunch of people going around having jobs and things like that. To me that would be a really miserable place, you know, to me music is what makes this world a really fun place to be, you know?
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I need people to call me, I never remember to call anyone - otherwise I'll just sit in my house and listen to music all day.
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When the intellectual part of guitar playing overrides the spiritual, you don't get to extreme heights.
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And for me the only way to live life is to grab the bull by the horns and call up recording studios and set dates to go in recording studios. To try and accomplish something.
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I write lyrics. I play the guitar. If the rest of the band had to do my schedule, they would be dead
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Making art is about accepting what’s going on around you and turning it into
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I think you get people taking things to excess in all fields, doctors, lawyers - -it happens to all kinds of people.
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So when I feel the spirit upon me it's something I don't take it for granted, and I don't think I'm solely responsible for these things.
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Yeah, I really like being alive. But I definitely don't have any intentions as an artist.
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Expression is when you are at one with nothingness.
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