Some of the artists that have inspired him are: Stevie Wonder, Lou Reed, Sly Stone, Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix, Iggy Pop, Led Zeppelin, Defunkt etc. Andy Warhol inspired him a lot artistically as you can see about Anthony's hairstyle, he enjoys art a lot especially surrealistic artists like Salvador Dali. When it comes to sport Anthony loves basketball and a freak maniac of the L.A. Lakers. Anthony loves travelling and exploring the nature of the world.
His been to exotic places as the jungles of Borneo (Kalimantan in Indonesia), India, Myanmar, South America etc. He got a lot of the inspiration in the writing of Californication from those travels. 1997, Anthony met the Dalai Lama in India which he recalls as an amazing experience. During periods of his life Anthony fall in to a hole of drug addiction but feels that he is today strong enough to resist the poison.
"Today I am much happier then I ever was while I was on drugs."
During a whort while in the eighties Anthony was ac During a whort while in the eighties Anthony was actually kicked out the band because of his bad habbit.
Anthony is brilliant vocalist and an excellent writer of lyrics. No one sings like him. His unique way of putting so much strength and feeling into his songs creates many emotions for the ones listening.
In his lyrics Anthony has very often sung about the close love in the band. He always expresses his opinions and beliefs. This gives a lot of strength to the band; how Anthony always creates lyrics dealing with problems of the society that also contains deep emotions.
interesting points about Anthony....
Anthony lives in the Hollywood Hills and he's got a house in New Zealand (don't ask the author, cause I don't know whre the exact location is!).
He�s five feet, ten inches tall and his eyes colour are brown.
In the year 1989 Anthony was convicted for indecent exposure by the Virginia court but has ever since claimed his innocence.
In the year 1997 the band's touring had to be cancelled after he broke his wrist and his arm in many places in a serious motorbike accident when a car suddenly pulled a U-turn.
Nowadays, Anthony cares a lot about his health and diet, he's a vegetarian and practices yoga.
Anthony is the strong identity of the CHILI PEPPERS, and his great lyrics continues to entertain the world until now. His magical life story always been a good example on how hardlife is. |
