Any guitar solo should reflect the music that it’s soloing over and not just be existing in its own sort of little world. John Frusciante Read Quote
I think a solo moves forward the way a song does, because it’s reflective of the chords that I’m considering as I’m soloing, and at the same time I’m going as much out on a limb as Frank Zappa used to, in terms of just going crazy on the instrument. John Frusciante Read Quote
The drive to create music that is pure is my highest priority. Sometimes I’ll get extremely technical, and other times I’ll just kind of go with the gods of music. John Frusciante Read Quote
I just like to switch things up all the time. Like when it comes to singing, I try to find a different character for each song. John Frusciante Read Quote
For me my friendship with Omar Rodriguez from Mars Volta that friendship really means a lot to me because he’s another creative person who works as hard as I do. John Frusciante Read Quote
What really helps me is being able to record my albums at home – I have more fun experimenting that way, as opposed to working with an engineer, in which case I have to deal with the humiliation of doing take after take, and that can get frustrating. John Frusciante Read Quote
I’m not interested in meeting people’s expectations, and I’m not interested in pleasing people. John Frusciante Read Quote
I try to put the same spirit into that that I put into any other music endeavor I’m involved in. John Frusciante Read Quote
