Anthony Kiedis

Personally, I am stuck with one foot in the past and one foot in the present.

I never really thought in terms of the concept of being a rock star - being around people like that just seemed like normal day-in-the-life stuff to me. Those were just the surroundings I grew up in.

The road is not a problem.

I think there is always going to be inspired music and there are always going to be inspired listeners and there is always going to be an inspired method of getting it from A to B.

I know my dad is a big Internet freak, and he's been known to be a Wikileaker.

I was a little self-centered gutter punk in the early 1980s and all I wanted to do was diss everybody.

I'm not a true vegan.

I like the idea of defying the convention of what it is to be in your 40s, or 50s, or 60s.

I'm probably not long-term-relationship material for now.

I have to laugh at myself.

I've acclimated to the music-while-exercising thing.

And I have a few friends that I think would go to bat for me no matter what. Flea is definitely one of them. Guy Oseary is one of them.

I discovered surfing, which I absolutely fell in love with. That feels good and kind of keeps your body aligned, so does the salt water.

You know, I like to climb trees and ride bikes and play.

I think people that have fear that, 'Oh if I have a kid I won't be able to do this and I won't be able to do that.' It's kind of the opposite. It really gives you energy. It makes people better.

If you want to get along with somebody, let them be right, and it will last longer.

I know whatever my father did, in his own way, he still loved me.

The fact my relationship with my son is so good makes me forgiving of my father and also appreciative.

Now I can look back and say I actually like the upbringing I had and my father was very attentive and a great educator.

I find it hard to meet the right woman as people assume I'm a certain type of person - which I'm not.

What doesn't kill you only makes your book longer.

I have a few friends that I think would go to bat for me no matter what. Flea is definitely one of them. Guy Oseary is one of them.

I think art is inherently nonviolent and it actually occupies your mind with creation rather than destruction.

Sometimes life's so much cooler when you just don't know any better and all the painful lessons have not hammered your head open yet.

Also, we're all actually different blood types and we have one represented by each guy in the band.