I think kids are very impressionable and, whether you like it or not, you become impressed upon by your parents.
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Anthony Kiedis
Anthony Kiedis (/ˈkiːdɪs/ KEE-diss; born November 1, 1962) is an American musician best known as the lead singer and lyricist of the band Red Hot Chili Peppers, which he has fronted since its conception in 1983. Kiedis is a co-founder of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and (apart from a brief termination in 1986) has been with the band throughout their entire history, having recorded all eleven studio albums with them. Kiedis and his fellow band members were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012. 2Early life Kiedis was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, to actor John Michael Kiedis, known professionally as Blackie Dammett, and Margaret "Peggy" Noble. His paternal grandfather's family emigrated from Lithuania in the early 1900s; the remainder of his ancestry includes Greek, English, French, Dutch, and Mohican. In 1966, when he was three years old, his parents divorced. Along with his two half-sisters, Julie and Jenny, he was raised by his mother and stepfather in Grand Rapids. Each summer, he would visit his father in Hollywood for two weeks, a time during which the two would bond. He idolized his father, and recalled, "Those trips to California were the happiest, most carefree, the-world-is-a-beautiful-oyster times I'd ever experienced." In 1974, when Kiedis was twelve years old, he moved to Hollywood to live with his father full-time. His father was a struggling actor who sold drugs, which had a significant impact on Kiedis, as the two would often use marijuana and cocaine togethe
The sad thing is, people don't want to believe that the person they're in love with is out of his mind, drinking and using, so if you give them even half an excuse, they're going to want to believe it.
It seems like the chaos of this world is accelerating, but so is the beauty in the consciousness of more and more people.
I was withering away, mentally, spiritually, physically, creatively- everything was fading out.
We used 'I love you' like an apology for the things we couldn’t give each other.
One of the techniques they teach to get rid of a resentment toward somebody is to pray for him or her to get everything that you want for yourself in life-to be loved, to be successful, to be healthy, to be rich, to be wonderful, to be happy, to be alive with the light and the love of the universe.…
When you realize that there's a name and a description for this condition that you thought was insanity, you've identified the problem, and now you can do something about it.
Music itself was color-blind but the media and the radio stations segregate it based on their perceptions of the artists.
I had seen these transformations, people who had lost their will to live, coming back from their zombie states and radiating a new life force from their eyes.
It didn't matter if I got bitten by a dog, or I ripped my pants on the fence post, or I poked myself in the eye with a tree branch that I was crawling over - it was all about the shortcut. My whole life I took the shortcut, and I ended up lost.
I was starting to come to grips with the fact that I had created a lot of pain and suffering around me, not just within me.
It started when we were little kids. Free spirits, but already tormented by our own hands given to us by our parents.
There's a peculiar thing that happens every time you get clean. You go through this sensation of rebirth. There's something intoxicating about the process of the comeback, and that becomes an element in the whole cycle of addiction. Once you've beaten yourself down with cocaine and heroin, and you…
When you start putting pen to paper, you see a side of your personal truth that doesn't otherwise reveal itself in conversation or thought.
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…
…And we used ‘I love you’ like an apology for the things we couldn’t give each other.
Time and distance have a way of playing tricks with your best intentions.
I stopped hating and started just being. My whole life, I had been the most defensive person you'd meet, unable to tolerate any criticism. But now I started listening and being.
Adolescence is such a fun time in your life, because you think you know it all, and you haven’t gotten to the point where you realize that you know almost nothing.
…And we used ‘I love you’ like an apology for the things we couldn’t give each other.