I have to laugh at myself. Anthony Kiedis More Quotes by Anthony Kiedis More Quotes From Anthony Kiedis I know my dad is a big Internet freak, and he's been known to be a Wikileaker. Anthony Kiedis freak internet dad Paul McCartney's dad told him that when he was a kid. "Son, play the piano and when you go to parties, the girls will come to you." Anthony Kiedis dad party girl The collective love for music and poetry and just the brotherhood of sound. And it's still kind of flowing through me and I attribute that to the team. Anthony Kiedis brotherhood team sound I find it hard to meet the right woman as people assume I'm a certain type of person - which I'm not. Anthony Kiedis type assuming people As a father now, I wouldn't do what my dad did, because it left me feeling emotionally unstable as a kid. But he didn't do the things he did out of selfishness or malice. Anthony Kiedis dad father kids It's weird, I was such a survivor and so wanted to be a part of life while I was trying to snuff out the life that was inside of me. I had this duality of trying to kill myself with drugs, then eating really good food and exercising and going swimming and trying to be a part of life. I was always going back and forth on some level. Anthony Kiedis swimming drug exercise I'm a crier - let me know if you need some tips. I could cry every day, in a good way. Anthony Kiedis cry way needs 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. Anthony Kiedis method inspired thinking This Life is More than Just a read through. Anthony Kiedis red-hot-chili-peppers life-is philosophy It was because all we wanted was each other's constant love and attention and for no one else to receive that love and attention, which is a selfish and difficult place to be in a relationship. We were emotionally retarded, and that was the best we could do at the time. Anthony Kiedis constant-love selfish attention Now I can look back and say I actually like the upbringing I had and my father was very attentive and a great educator. Anthony Kiedis educator father looks When I looked into her eyes, I saw an invisible spirit of something that I already loved. Anthony Kiedis saws eye spirit I knew there was never anyone to blame when people get into drugs. They're always responsible for their own behavior, and it's not the dealer, it's not the friend, it's not the bad influence, it's not the childhood. Anthony Kiedis childhood drug people Why should we think nudity is such a revolting thing in a land where there is so much violence and corruption and racism and hatred? Nudity seems like a welcome relief from all the bullshit in life. Anthony Kiedis land racism thinking The good news is that by the second year, those cravings were about as half as frequent, and by the third year, half as much again. I'm still a little bent, a little crooked, but all things crooked, I can't complain. After all those years of all kinds of abuse and crashing into trees at eighty miles an hour and jumping off buildings and living through overdoses and liver disease, I feel better now than I did ten years ago. I might have some scar tissue, but that's alright, I'm still making progress. Anthony Kiedis jumping feel-better years The fact my relationship with my son is so good makes me forgiving of my father and also appreciative. Anthony Kiedis forgiving father son You instinctively know that nothing will ever be the same, and you have to carry that knowledge around with you like a huge weight. The next time you see your girl, you can’t look her straight in the eyes the same way you did for all those years. Anthony Kiedis girl eye years We took off our clothes, and we were basically in a sphere of love and light and warmth, and the rest of the world disappeared. It was better than I ever could have dreamed, it was that thing I had been looking for, that love mixed with the rapture of sex. Anthony Kiedis clothes light sex You know I love pot, and I love beer, but I am totally sober, just because it completely stopped working for me. Anthony Kiedis sober marijuana beer It takes away a lot of the thrill of killing yourself when people are looking for you and you're disappointing them, because it is a lot of fun when you're out there killing yourself. Anthony Kiedis addiction fun people
