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For me, music was the only reason I went to school. I was kind of a street kid, in a lot of trouble committing crimes and stuff. Music gave me something to focus on. ”

Steven Adler and I played football in the street when we were 12. I remember rehearsing in my bedroom with my first band, and some kid climbed over the fence of my backyard and peeked his head in the window to see who was rocking. It was Slash. ”

Music is like the genius of humankind, universal... People who have never really taken the time to get into music, their lives are a lot smaller. Kids deserve the richness and dimension of it in their lives. ”

Kids deserve arts, and it's just as important as science, math, history, English or athletics. ”

The Silverlake Conservatory is a nonprofit music school in Los Angeles where we teach music, mostly to kids, but to people of all ages - people who are old, people with beards, all kinds of people. ”

I'm always put in the unfortunate position of asking people to donate money and people I know in bands to play benefit concerts and all this stuff. ”

Outside of a couple of times I ran without eating right or being too tired, I always feel great after I run. ”

Being a dad and being in the Red Hot Chili Peppers and all the stuff I have to do... The trumpet requires a lot of diligence, and I haven't had the time. ”

I grew up being terrified of my parents, particularly my father figures. ”

I'm a performer and have managed to get my performing into the mainstream consciousness of the world, I guess. ”