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I think you get people taking things to excess in all fields, doctors, lawyers - -it happens to all kinds of people.

John Frusciante

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John Frusciante
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: March 5
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Trickfinger
John Anthony Frusciante
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But I think I know just as many creative people who've never taken drugs in their life as I do who have taken a lot of drugs.
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I'm not interested in meeting people's expectations, and I'm not interested in pleasing people.
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Expression is when you are at one with nothingness.
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Because I'm pure inside, the music that comes out of me is a life-giving thing. Like water.
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I still love with all my heart anything that I have ever loved in my life.
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