Quotes by Anthony Kiedis

“That we should make it to the same place and time together again, ... and the fact that we didnt die or become spiritually crippled in the process of going through all these hardships means there was really something in the air that wanted this (reunion) to happen.”

“I wish to fuck that we were putting it out sooner. Im so excited about it and Im so ready for it to be part of the public consciousness. Its a lot different to By The Way. There are some profoundly funky songs and then there are songs that are new for us and dont sound like anything.”

“I wish to f--- that we were putting it out sooner, ... Im so excited about it and Im so ready for it to be part of the public consciousness. Its a lot different to By The Way . There are some profoundly funky songs and then there are songs that are new for us and dont sound like anything.”

“Well be releasing more in Spanish. We love the energy that we get out of Latin American audiences.”

“We set out to write 13 songs. But as has been the case every time weve tried to do that, we ended up with 30-some-odd songs. The difference this time was we ended up liking all of those songs and finishing all of those songs, and it actually became a very difficult process to even whittle it down to 28.”

“An exciting part of our existence right now is [the prospect of] getting to go out and play from 28 new songs. Normally you go out on the road and have 14 new songs to integrate into your set list, and now we have twice that, which really makes the whole thing different and more unpredictable and wild.”

When you start putting pen to paper, you see a side of your personal truth that doesnt otherwise reveal itself in conversation or thought.

Nothing was working, and my friend was dead, and I didnt want to look at that.

Give her the continent and she wanted the hemisphere.

A certain amount of volatility and drama can me healthy and keep things fun and interesting if youre willing at any moment during a fight to say, This means nothing. I love you, lets forget about it.

Thats a spiritual lifestyle, being willing to admit that you dont know everything and that you were wrong about some things. Its about making a list of all the people youve harmed, either emotionally or physically or financially, and going back and making amends. Thats a spiritual lifestyle. Its not a fluffy ethereal concept.

I didnt care if he was a genius or a fucking idiot, he was rotting away, and it wasnt fun to watch.

Every true artist is at war with the world.

The fact that my circumstances had changed drastically but my behavior hadnt was beginning to wear on me.

My work was done, so it was time to start digging my grave again.

I was starting to come to grips with the fact that I had created a lot of pain and suffering around me, not just within me.

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, Id be married with five kids now.

Music itself was color-blind but the media and the radio stations segregate it based on their perceptions of the artists.

That was how we wanted to play, majestic and chaotic.

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.