Life seems terrible and disappointing, so you need to find something you need to make you stick around. Music that makes me happiest is the saddest music, with the most emotional feel.

The only thing I've ever wanted to do is really make people happy, offer some sort of positivity with music that I've written. The Chili Peppers do that for people. They're already established. I still want something that came out of me, and out of my heart.

Good music makes you feel something.

Music is the emotional life of most people.

The Chili Peppers have a real strict two-week on/two-week off policy - aside from me, everybody has families.

Dance music is an emotional journey. It's how well you can make people feel something that they haven't felt.