I never really thought in terms of the concept of being a rock star – being around people like that just seemed like normal day-in-the-life stuff to me. Those were just the surroundings I grew up in. – Anthony Kiedis
It seems like the chaos of this world is accelerating, but so is the beauty in the consciousness of more and more people. – Anthony Kiedis
I don’t even know what words to use to talk about the music industry anymore. But the business has changed a lot – the methods of releasing music. – Anthony Kiedis
We’ve just learned how to balance ourselves a little better so that we’re happier way more of the time than not, and, you know, being happy is a radical and desirable act if you ask me. – Anthony Kiedis
I like the idea of defying the convention of what it is to be in your 40s, or 50s, or 60s. – Anthony Kiedis
Sometimes life’s so much cooler when you just don’t know any better and all the painful lessons have not hammered your head open yet. – Anthony Kiedis
As a father now, I wouldn’t do what my dad did, because it left me feeling emotionally unstable as a kid. But he didn’t do the things he did out of selfishness or malice. – Anthony Kiedis
We did that with people like Chris Rock, Woody Harrelson, and the environmentalist Julia Butterfly Hill. – Anthony Kiedis
I think art is inherently nonviolent and it actually occupies your mind with creation rather than destruction. – Anthony Kiedis
The fact my relationship with my son is so good makes me forgiving of my father and also appreciative. – Anthony Kiedis
I discovered surfing, which I absolutely fell in love with. That feels good and kind of keeps your body aligned, so does the salt water. – Anthony Kiedis
I would have to say the person with whom I am most in love is definitely my son, Everly Bear. Although I’m his dad, I’m also his friend. – Anthony Kiedis
You know I love pot, and I love beer, but I am totally sober, just because it completely stopped working for me. – Anthony Kiedis
I was a little self-centered gutter punk in the early 1980s and all I wanted to do was diss everybody. – Anthony Kiedis
I inherited my father’s insatiable desire to meet all the beautiful girls in the world. – Anthony Kiedis
I find it hard to meet the right woman as people assume I’m a certain type of person – which I’m not. – Anthony Kiedis
But then when he left, I realized that it was harder to write songs and feel spiritually connected to art and music as a band. When he came back I felt it again, instantaneously. – Anthony Kiedis
Also, we’re all actually different blood types and we have one represented by each guy in the band. – Anthony Kiedis