¤ "Everyone of you is a star. Its just hiding inside of some of you. That part of you will come out if you treat others as you would like to be treated, and when you can't find it in yourself to do so, if you just leave others alone. (Letter to the Oklahoma audience, 2007)"

¤ "When you're talking to a fan, you're talking to somebody who's not talking to you. They're talking to a photograph, they're talking to their image of you, they're talking to a walking poster. And if you make the mistake of thinking, that they're talking to you... When they tell you that you're a genius, or that you're so fucking cool... Or whatever their fucking image is of you... Then if you believe it... Then you, the real human being dies." ("The Blairing Out with Eric Blair Show", 1997)

¤ "Somebody who spends their days absorbed in this music that I've been making with the Chili Peppers and in my solo music that I make, I know that's having a good impact on them. Like I know it's coming from a completly healthy place. I know the spirits that helped me do it are wonderful parts of the universe...And I just know that's healthy for people" (Off the Map, 2000/2001)

¤ "I really love being myself, I wouldn’t change places with anybody. I think anything that anybody wants to change about themselves, they should take a closer look, because it could just be a matter of looking at that flaw in a different way, rather than removing it."

¤ "And this whole period of time of gradually working at being a better guitar player and songwriter have gradually led me to the point where I feel I'm doing a clearer representation of the thing that I've been feeling inside me since I was four years old."

¤ "Anybody who's a guitar player that's spent that time with another guitar player, there's nothing better than that."

¤ "For me it's important to be in balance. To not let fear get in the way of things, to not worry so much about protecting yourself all the time."

¤ "I can't say that I'm crazy about watching this. I don't like the person who I was back at this time and , and ,uh...I think I had all my priorities in the wrong place and I think if I were to spend as much time playing guitar as I did picking out stupid shorts and stupid hats and stupid, you know, overcoats, I would've been able to write some good songs, you know? I can't watch this version of myself and be at all happy about it. I want to...I want to strangle myself when I see this video. I was 18 yrs. old... 18 yrs old that deserved to be slapped upside his head". (Higher Ground clip comment, 2003/4?)

¤ "It would be like somebody saying, 'I don't want to use words to talk, I want to just go by feel, I want to rub people's bodies and I want to rub my penis all over them. I don't want to talk'. To me that's just useless, limited way of being, I like to talk and rub all over them". (Total Guitar, 2006)

¤ "As opposed to taking something and putting it inside myself to make the world a better place for me, I'm more about putting something out in the air from inside myself that can take other people somewhere if they want to go there. The more I devote to my art, I don't even consider the possibilty of taking drugs. It would be ridiculous". (AP, 1999)

¤ "This is the voice of John Frusciante. This is what John Frusciante's voice sounds like.. Is that good? Does that sound like me?" (Greatest Hits DVD, 2003)

¤ "We don't amke music for our own pleasure, we make music for our audience. If we write 28 songs that we think are top notch, that's what we want to give to the public. That's for mankind. Making music is my gift to mankind and it's what I have to offer." (Total Guitar, 2006)

¤ “Meditation can bring a person around. It’s hard as fuck and I had to go through some terrible shit at first.” (Total Guitar, 2006)

¤ "I knew I was gonna be a Guitarist ever since I can remember. There were voices in my head that were telling me so." (Kerrang!, 2002)

¤ "I am so tuned into these imaginary realms of existence that they're the places I'm writing about when I write lyrics. I've had so many visions of other lives and what it's like in other dimensions that I can write about them with clarity and focus." (Kerrang! 2003)

¤ "I love him. But back when we were assholes, he could really turn into one." - John on Anthony (Q Magazine, 2006)

¤ "I cook for the studio crew. In a band it's easy to give in to a party lifestyle, eating shitty food, screwing this girl and that girl, being rude to people, taking advantage. Being an asshole is easy. I've noticed people who resist that have an extra strength. Cooking for someone kinda connects you to them." (Q Magazine, 2006)

¤ "I realize she's (Brandy) not really a hip person to mention because of the TV show or whatever, but I am crazy about that album 'Afrodisiac'. Her singing is just so awesome. A lot of the blues things in my playing were coming more from singers like her and Beyoncé than from guitar players". (Spin, 2006)

¤ "I don't give a fuck about being successful. I don't depend on that for my happiness. I can be happy whether I am a loser or a winner. I still love myself either way." (in Kerrang, year ?)