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I think the feelings in my music were suggested to me before I even had the ability to play music.

John Frusciante

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John Frusciante
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: March 5
Guitarist
Record Producer
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Singer-Songwriter
Trickfinger
John Anthony Frusciante
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I'm not interested in forcing my music on people, and that's what the whole music industry nowadays is based on is forcing stations to play it, forcing people to listen to it.
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You know this moment in time Is all my life Every day is each day that's passed Every person alive is everyone's who's died
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The imagination is the most real world that we know because we each know it first hand.
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And for me the only way to live life is to grab the bull by the horns and call up recording studios and set dates to go in recording studios. To try and accomplish something.
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Dream that you died It takes you out of your mind The black walls of space Take me all the way
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