Anthony Kiedis Quotes

• Every true artist is at war with the world.

  Anthony Kiedis

  Topics in Art

• When you start putting pen to paper, you see a side of your personal truth that doesn’t otherwise reveal itself in conversation or thought.

  Anthony Kiedis

  Topics in Truth

  Tags in Writing

• You know, I like to climb trees and ride bikes and play.

  Anthony Kiedis

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Ride, Climb

• I discovered surfing, which I absolutely fell in love with. That feels good and kind of keeps your body aligned, so does the salt water.

  Anthony Kiedis

  Topics in Love

  Tags in Surfing, Absolutely

• I don’t even know what words to use to talk about the music industry anymore. But the business has changed a lot – the methods of releasing music.

  Anthony Kiedis

  Topics in Business

  Tags in Music, Methods

• I find it hard to meet the right woman as people assume I’m a certain type of person – which I’m not.

  Anthony Kiedis

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in People

• I have to laugh at myself.

  Anthony Kiedis

  Topics in Laughter

  Tags in Myself

• I inherited my father’s insatiable desire to meet all the beautiful girls in the world.

  Anthony Kiedis

  Topics in Beauty, Father

  Tags in Insatiable, Desire

• I know my dad is a big Internet freak, and he’s been known to be a Wikileaker.

  Anthony Kiedis

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Freak, Big

• I know whatever my father did, in his own way, he still loved me.

  Anthony Kiedis

  Topics in Father, Love

  Tags in Own

• I like the idea of defying the convention of what it is to be in your 40s, or 50s, or 60s.

  Anthony Kiedis

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Convention

• I never really thought in terms of the concept of being a rock star – being around people like that just seemed like normal day-in-the-life stuff to me. Those were just the surroundings I grew up in.

  Anthony Kiedis

  Topics in Life

  Tags in Surroundings, Terms

• I think I’m still figuring out how to be a little less selfish.

  Anthony Kiedis

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Selfish

• I think people that have fear that, ‘Oh if I have a kid I won’t be able to do this and I won’t be able to do that.’ It’s kind of the opposite. It really gives you energy. It makes people better.

  Anthony Kiedis

  Topics in Fear

  Tags in Energy, People

• I think there is always going to be inspired music and there are always going to be inspired listeners and there is always going to be an inspired method of getting it from A to B.

  Anthony Kiedis

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Listeners, Getting

• I was a little self-centered gutter punk in the early 1980s and all I wanted to do was diss everybody.

  Anthony Kiedis

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Punk

• I would have to say the person with whom I am most in love is definitely my son, Everly Bear. Although I’m his dad, I’m also his friend.

  Anthony Kiedis

  Topics in Children, Love

  Tags in Definitely, Whom

• I’m not a true vegan.

  Anthony Kiedis

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Vegan

• I’m probably not long-term-relationship material for now.

  Anthony Kiedis

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Relationship

• I’ve acclimated to the music-while-exercising thing.

  Anthony Kiedis

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Music

Anthony Kiedis (45)

Birth:	1st November, 1962
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actor, Musician, Singer, Songwriter

About

Anthony Kiedis was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is an American musician, best known as the vocalist/lyricist of the band Red Hot Chili Peppers with whom he has fronted since their inception in 1983. The band has recorded ten studio albums and as a member, Kiedis was an inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012. Kiedis is also an occasional actor, having appeared in F.I.S.T, Point Break, and The Chase. In 2004 he published his autobiography, titled Scar Tissue.

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