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Every true artist is at war with the world.

Anthony Kiedis

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Anthony Kiedis
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: November 1
Actor
Autobiographer
Composer
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Grand Rapids
Michigan
War
Artist
True
Every
World

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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.
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I didn't really get to Led Zeppelin until I was in my 20s.
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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.
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I think I'm still figuring out how to be a little less selfish.
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I don't take drugs nor drink since 2000 and I must say that I don't think about it anymore, although like every person that was addicted and has money - I know that this can lead to temptation.
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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.
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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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Four years into the life of my son, I realize I'm so in love with him and he's so in love with me that if I don't find that lifelong partner out there, it's okay.
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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.
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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.
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As long as a person is breathing, there is hope for them.
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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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We used to fight to the death but we tried the experiment, rolled the dice and like we got.
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My work was done, so it was time to start digging my grave again.
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