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“If it was up to me we’d probably never had a hit song. ‘Cause I don’t usually come up with the songs that are our real popular hit songs. That’s more you [Anthony] and John. If it was up to me we’d have a bunch of B-sides and art songs.” - Flea

“When I smile at the audience, I’m not smiling because I was told you’re supposed to smile at the audience. I smile because they’re all smiling at me, and it’s a great feeling, to see all these happy people out there, and it makes me happy to see them happy.” - John Frusciante

“All the anticipation of the moment hit me, and I instinctively knew that the miracle of manipulating energy and tapping into an infinite source of power and harnessing it in a small space with your friends was what I had been put on this earth to do.”

Anthony Kiedis on the first time the Red Hot Chili Peppers played live on February 13th, 1983 (29 years ago today) at the Rhythm Lounge in Hollywood. From Scar Tissue, Page 106. http://rhcp.me/29yrs

You’re turning 50 in October. How do you plan to celebrate?
“On acid, running down the street, naked, howling at the moon.” - Flea

Rolling Stone Interview - February 2012. Read it here…

Flea listed in Q Magazine’s Quotes of the year!

“I always found slamming a quarter gram of coke would burst your fucking eyeballs.”

Listed in the January 2012 issue of Q Magazine, Page 104. Quote originally from Q’s September 2011 Interview with the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Read it here…

“Sometimes if I’m having a bad day or something, just feeling a little… off, no pun intended, I just like to listen to Josh play guitar. It just makes me feel good.” - Anthony Kiedis

“Be kind and be gentle to your neighbours. Coz we ain’t about no violence in the Red Hot Chili Peppers… ain’t about it!” – Flea

“Sometimes it makes sense to thank the universe for all the pain it gives you, because that’s where growth comes from. If you just bum out on pain and suffering, you don’t get the lesson.” – Anthony Kiedis

“I loved playing with John and I miss him - I do hope that we’ll play together again some day.” - Chad Smith

Rhythm Magazine Interview - October, 2011. Read it here…

“We are all very lucky to live in a world where there is this much music.” - John Frusciante

“Our relationship is frighteningly functional these days. I enjoy Flea’s company very much. I think we’ll share this experience [in RHCP] until the day we die.” - Anthony Kiedis

Kerrang! Magazine Interview - September 17th, 2011. Read it here…

“Meet lifes challenges with willingness, kindness,honesty, courage,love and integrity and things will be alright.” - Chad Smith on Twitter 15 minutes ago.

“Our whole thing is that we track all live together in a room, which is becoming a lost art in rock music. It’s ridiculous. Everyone is piecing shit together, you know? But for us it’s all about the feel. The feel is everything. We’d much rather have something that has some mistakes in it that we all played together and there’s a magic feel in it, as opposed to getting it all perfect.” - Flea

Guitar World Magazine, October 2011. Read it here…

Flea:
“New Kids on the Block suck, they’re terrible manufactured pap… for pea brains.”

Chad Smith:
“Don’t talk about my old band like that!”

“Music doesn’t solve your problems..but allows u to dance all over them” - Chad Smith