John Frusciante Quotes

I won't put myself in a position where I'm vulnerable.

I used to worry about every little thing, trying to figure out every problem. Well, I realize now how foolish that was. I was no more in control of my life than the man on the moon.

With situations that you have no power over, there is no point in worrying about one thing or another. Why think about things that you can't control?

Fear has been my biggest friend. Fear of the unknown. Whenever I've been afraid, I've been very self-protective.

It's the age-old thing - it's such a cliche - but why worry about things you have no control over?

We're all spending way too much of our time and energy trying to fight the stuff we can't change.

Under so much pressure and the situation that I was in, that was the personality that came across with me.

People often express surprise that I'm not a psychopath. But it's not about what I want to do to other people, it's that I'm scared of what other people might do to me.

My mom used to say that I became a fighter and a scrapper and a tough guy to protect who I am at my core.

I always put on a brave face when I was the most terrified, the most trapped and out of control.

To try to fix the future is a manifest absurdity.

Self-love for ever creeps out, like a snake, to sting anything which happens to stumble upon it.

In many ways, I think I've always overcompensated. I was always almost too careful, because I knew if anybody ever found any way to doubt my work, then they'd start picking my life apart, too.

I sleep on my stomach with my head under a bunch of pillows so if someone wants to come in and try to kill me they can't tell if I'm there or not, so they'll just leave.

If I relaxed, if I took my foot off the gas, I would probably die.

I hope people don't think I'm crazy, because I'm not.

I feel I have to protect myself against things. So I'm pretty careful to lose most of them.

Why should I? No one would wish to hurt me.

Your body is a battleground.

To a certain extent, I think I've tried to train myself to not dive too deep into things or get my hopes too way up, because the fear of disappointment and whatnot is only natural.

It makes no sense to worry about things you have no control over because there's nothing you can do about them, and why worry about things you do control? The activity of worrying keeps you immobilized.

You grow up rough, you think differently. You think you've got to protect yourself at all times. I didn't want any help. I thought I could do everything by myself, which you can't.

I don't have anything against SyCo or 'X Factor' or any of that. I'm just a guy who got really afraid of not being in control.

I'm afraid to go to sleep; I don't like to lose control of myself. I don't like chauffeurs, either. I like to be in charge of my own destiny.

I do rock the sunglasses. To a rude point, at times. But I don't care, it's my first defence. I'm shy, so I've gotta have something. I need some protection, man.