I was a guitar player right on the cusp of the Eric Clapton/Jimi Hendrix boom when the guitar god thing started happening. Then in 1968 I was asked to play bass in a band that had guitar players already. I switched from playing guitar to playing bass. Lo and behold I was asked to sing some background vocals and then I became a lead singer. It was all an accident, all this stuff. It really is a gift to sing. I absolutely love singing. You can hear it when somebody's enjoying themselves. I'm a soul singer primarily so it comes directly from the soul.
What does the future hold for you musically?
I'm just trying to progress musically in a way that enables me to find things out about my writing process. I'm becoming a better guitar player on a daily basis. I'm learning how to write more songs. It's kind of scary because I write 365 days a year. I write a lot of music that most people will never hear. I write it for myself and for my own head.
Chad Smith and I are going to form a trio with a guitar player in the next couple of months to play fun gigs like festivals or we may tour Japan when the Chili Peppers aren't working. I want to stress that. Chad Smith is absolutely a member of the Chili Peppers. We want to play a very heavy funk thing and have no boundaries. The guitar player will be a name guitar player, but we don't know who yet. That's going to be something I'm looking forward to doing. I want to continue working with new artists and make music that moves people.
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