Quotes by John Frusciante

About John Frusciante:

John Anthony Frusciante is an American guitarist, singer, producer and composer. He is best known as the former guitarist of the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, from 1988 until 1992, and again from 1998 until 2009. He recorded five studio albums with them.
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So I use a tape recorder a lot to record ideas.

John Frusciante

Rock guitarists usually do not wish to think trains of thought about anything but their own guitar playing during a long solo, and I could not play this way if I were not able to divide my attention between my ever changing musical environment and my...

John Frusciante

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 ...

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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

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

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

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

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.

John Frusciante

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.

John Frusciante

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

John Frusciante

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

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

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 ene...

John Frusciante

For me, living and making music, they're one thing. It's not like a job that I go to a studio to do, or a chore that I have to get myself in the mood to do, or something. It's the thing that I need to do every day.

John Frusciante

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

My music, my whole approach to the synthesizer has completely changed now.

John Frusciante

I try to put the same spirit into that that I put into any other music endeavor I'm involved in.

John Frusciante

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

John Frusciante

I consider my music to be Progressive Synth Pop, which says nothing about what it sounds like, but does describe my basic approach.

John Frusciante

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

John Frusciante

People fall into patterns at fast speeds, when really, to have a clear musical thought - the kind of musical thought that makes a melody work - our brains just can't think that fast. At a certain point, you're going on automatic.

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Author Bio

  • NameJohn Frusciante
  • DescriptionAmerican guitarist, singer, songwriter and record producer
  • BornMarch 5, 1970
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionGuitarist; Singer-songwriter; Singer