Dave Navarro

And I've also come to the conclusion that, as far as guitar solos and things like that are concerned, it's more important to complement the music rather than take away from it. ”

I've always recorded the same way. I put down as many ideas as I have, then strip them away at the mixdown. It's better to have too much music than not enough. ”

For me, it doesn't matter how difficult something is, it doesn't matter how impressive it is, it's what sounds best that really counts. ”

I've done a lot of talk shows where you can tell that the host is just thinking about what he wants to say next while you're answering him and that's really uncomfortable. ”

Guitar playing is just something that came to me and is really second nature now. ”

Jane's Addiction has only put out new music when our hearts were in and when we had something to say creatively. ”

I'm not the type of player to sit home and practice scales and work on runs. ”

I'm thrilled I have the opportunity to do the 'Spread' show and have the terrific sponsors that we work with like Nikon or Verizon. ”

There have been times when I felt suicidal and I would stop my head from going in that direction of negativity because I thought there'd be something I'd miss that was funny in the future. If there's a chance I'm going to laugh tomorrow then want to live to experience that. ”