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. John Frusciante Read Quote
I write songs because I have to write them, and if I didn’t I’d be doing some other kind of music that didn’t require a song. John Frusciante Read Quote
Yeah, I really like being alive. But I definitely don’t have any intentions as an artist. John Frusciante Read Quote
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. John Frusciante Read Quote
Something like trying to protect yourself all the time, things like trying to outwit fate. Those things can be the worst thing you can do for yourself. John Frusciante Read Quote
I combine aspects of many styles of music and create my own musical forms by way of electronic instruments. John Frusciante Read Quote
My music, my whole approach to the synthesizer has completely changed now. John Frusciante Read Quote
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. John Frusciante Read Quote
In music you have people exposing this very vulnerable part of themselves, and you also have the lifestyle is so fast that oftentimes people search for whatever the easiest way to feel relaxed in the midst of all of it, or the easiest way to have energy. John Frusciante Read Quote
For me, theory has always opened things up to where I can walk into a room and just by hearing something I know exactly where to go on the guitar. I have a better time playing because I have a variety of colors to bring to the table. John Frusciante Read Quote
