“I don't have an extensive background in theory, but the amount of it t...” — John Frusciante Quote

“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 don't want to be on the radio. I don't want to be on Mtv.”

“Yeah, I really like being alive. But I definitely don't have any intentions as an artist.”

“I think we find that it's most helpful when we have both of our brains applied to an issue.”

“Style is not something applied. It is something that permeates. It is of the nature of that in which it is found, whether the poem, the manner of a god, the bearing of a man. It is not a dress.”

“Because I worked so hard at getting good at basketball, when I took that competitiveness and applied it to soccer - where I was more naturally gifted - it actually helped me so much.”