Anthony Kiedis

Musician

1962-11-01

Anthony Kiedis is an American musician best known as the lead vocalist and lyricist of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Books by Anthony Kiedis

Scar Tissue
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Quotes by Anthony Kiedis

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.
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Music itself was color-blind but the media and the radio stations segregate it based on their perceptions of the artists.
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That was how we wanted to play, majestic and chaotic.
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She was probably the girl I loved the most of all my girlfriends, but also the toughest one to make things work out with. If I had put that much effort into any of my other relationships, I'd be married with five kids now.
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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.
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My work was done, so it was time to start digging my grave again.
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The fact that my circumstances had changed drastically but my behavior hadn't was beginning to wear on me.
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Every true artist is at war with the world.
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I didn't care if he was a genius or a fucking idiot, he was rotting away, and it wasn't fun to watch.
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That's a spiritual lifestyle, being willing to admit that you don't know everything and that you were wrong about some things. It's about making a list of all the people you've harmed, either emotionally or physically or financially, and going back and making amends. That's a spiritual lifestyle. It's not a fluffy ethereal concept.
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A certain amount of volatility and drama can me healthy and keep things fun and interesting if you're willing at any moment during a fight to say, 'This means nothing. I love you, let's forget about it.
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Give her the continent and she wanted the hemisphere.
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Nothing was working, and my friend was dead, and I didn't want to look at that.
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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.
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My work was done, so it was time to start digging my grave again.
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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.
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Every true artist is at war with the world.
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Music itself was color-blind but the media and the radio stations segregate it based on their perceptions of the artists.
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The fact that my circumstances had changed drastically but my behavior hadn't was beginning to wear on me.
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I didn't care if he was a genius or a fucking idiot, he was rotting away, and it wasn't fun to watch.
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