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 More Quotes by Anthony Kiedis More Quotes From Anthony Kiedis You know what's the worst? Being a 16 year old girl who loves a famous Singer, not solely for his looks, but because you truly believe he is talented and devoted and you agree deeply with his message. Because no matter how intelligently and fully you can express that, people will assume you're just a silly teenager who thinks a famous guy is cute. Anthony Kiedis teenager girl cute It is difficult to recognize true love, the one which you feel for the other person, when for years the girls, even more than one per night, after concerts would sneak in our beds and were willing to do everything - group sex also - just to stay with Anthony Kiedis and the Red Hot. Anthony Kiedis girl night sex It seems like the chaos of this world is accelerating, but so is the beauty in the consciousness of more and more people. Anthony Kiedis chaos people world I've wanted to feel pleasure to the point of insanity. They call it getting high, because it's wanting to know that higher level, that godlike level. You want to touch the heavens, you want to feel glory and euphoria, but the trick is it takes work. You can't buy it, you can't get it on a street corner, you can't steal it or inject it or shove it up your ass, you have to earn it. Anthony Kiedis getting-high insanity heaven As long as a person is breathing, there is hope for them. Anthony Kiedis there-is-hope breathing long I don't even bother trying to picture a perfect world, because I don't think that perfection is something to strive for. I prefer imperfection. That's what makes things special. You know, things that change Anthony Kiedis special-you perfect thinking Just the kind of girl I liked—the weirdo in the bunch. Anthony Kiedis girl kind bunch I'm very aware of the chemistry. It's something you can't take for granted. I'm very thankful for it and I recognise the power of its reality in all of our lives. Some people don't and it's a mistake not to because people throw away god-given special chemistry that's very rare, very hard to find. Anthony Kiedis mistake reality people Sometimes, out of really horrible things come really beautiful things. Anthony Kiedis horrible beautiful sometimes I had not had any drugs for 5 years but then I relapsed again. I have also smoked nearly everything. Every day it was a battle to recover, which I fought for my son and myself. Anthony Kiedis drug years son Once I opened my mind to the concept of a greater power, I never struggled with it. Everywhere I went, I felt and saw the existence of a creative intelligence in this universe, of a loving power larger than myself in nature, in people, everywhere. Anthony Kiedis creative mind people There was an uncommon array of people in there [rehab] with me, and I became friends with all of them. You recognize the possibility of your own demise in the lives of these other people. You're doing the same thing they are, but you can't see it in yourself. However, you start seeing all of these tragedies and potential miracles in other people. It's a real eye- and heart-opening situation. Anthony Kiedis eye real heart Death by evaporation. May the saltwater wind that gets shot out of a barreling wave blow me away like an old puffy dandelion into the sky. Anthony Kiedis blow sky wind 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. Anthony Kiedis lessons sometimes life My days are whatever I want them to be. I don't have to go worry about chasing some chemical to make me feel OK for a minute, and then make me feel worse. Anthony Kiedis want To be 26 years old and lose your left heart ventricle was probably the most dramatic thing that's ever happened to me in my life... Anthony Kiedis dramatic heart years I would have to say the person with whom I am most in love is definitely my son, Everly Bear. Although I'm his dad, I'm also his friend. Anthony Kiedis dad love-is son Every true artist is at war with the world. Anthony Kiedis artist war world I had to sit with my senses. This clear, beautiful intuition took over. I knew exactly how I felt, and I wasn't confused or clouded or compromised. I realized that none of my feelings had diminished, but I might have to lose someone I truly loved. I didn't want to run away from Claire, but I knew drug addiction was strong enough that I had to be willing, if need be, to let go of the person I'd just fallen in love with. Anthony Kiedis letting-go running beautiful I think art is inherently nonviolent and it actually occupies your mind with creation rather than destruction. Anthony Kiedis mind art thinking
