Explore Quotes by John Frusciante

Rock music is electronic music, dependent entirely on electronic circuitry and amplification.

I think the feelings in my music were suggested to me before I even had the ability to play music.

I don't have an extensive background in theory, but the amount of it that I've learned, I've applied, so I have a vocabulary of melodic and rhythmic relationships. And that's all theory is - it's symbols to help you identify those relationships.

I combine aspects of many styles of music and create my own musical forms by way of electronic instruments.

I'm not interested in forcing my music on people, and that's what the whole music industry nowadays is based on is forcing stations to play it, forcing people to listen to it.

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.

For me it's important to be in balance. To not let fear get in the way of things, to not worry so much about protecting yourself all the time.

Any guitar solo should reflect the music that it's soloing over and not just be existing in its own sort of little world.

As far as my solo record, I don't want a gold record or anything, I'm happy to be small and to have the people appreciate the music who really like me for being me.

And this whole period of time of gradually working at being a better guitar player and songwriter have gradually led me to the point where I feel I'm doing a clearer representation of the thing that I've been feeling inside me since I was four years old.

I find that the best way to do things is to constantly move forward and to never doubt anything and keep moving forward, if you make a mistake say you made a mistake.

The main thing experience has taught me is that one has to sort of hone their relationship to time, you know.

But I have been avoiding talking about what I'm doing now because it's frustrating for people to hear about things that aren't available yet.

Everything's very perfectly balanced; for all the horrible things in the world there's lots of good things.