Chili Quotes

(about kissing band mate David M. Navarro in the Red Hot Chili Peppers` "Warped" video): "It was totally spontaneous. It was no big deal. It was not any sort of contrived design to shock. The funny thing is people are so close-minded and uptight and freaked out by human contact of the same sex that it ended up having a shocking impact. Probably a lot of people couldn`t handle it and decided they didn`t like us. And that`s okay, because to me it`s more important to make someone that can relate to it feel good than to worry about people with a bad case of homophobia. I have a sneaking suspicion that there were probably a lot of frat guys out there who just could not handle the concept. But this is just my own imagination. Apparently the Russians love it though. They`re kissers from way back." - interview in the March 5th, 1996 issue of the Toronto Sun.

(about kissing band mate David M. Navarro in the Red Hot Chili Peppers` "Warped" video): "It was totally spontaneous. It was no big deal. It was not any sort of contrived design to shock. The funny thing is people are so close-minded and uptight and freaked out by human contact of the same sex that it ended up having a shocking impact. Probably a lot of people couldn`t handle it and decided they didn`t like us. And that`s okay, because to me it`s more important to make someone that can relate to it feel good than to worry about people with a bad case of homophobia. I have a sneaking suspicion that there were probably a lot of frat guys out there who just could not handle the concept. But this is just my own imagination. Apparently the Russians love it though. They`re kissers from way back." - interview in the March 5th, 1996 issue of the Toronto Sun.

"She had on this white fur coat, her hair down, and her eyes pierced my heart from 20 feet away. The first thing I did was buy her 1,200 pairs of sunglasses to cover up those eyes. I couldn`t risk anyone else having the same reaction." -- fiancé David M. Navarro (Jane`s Addiction, Red Hot Chili Peppers) on when he first saw her.

Davie County needs to recognize its best chili cooks, and that`s what we`ve started doing.

(That the band chose Harrisburg, better known for the Pennsylvania Chili Cookoff than a raucous hotbed of music, is an example of its theory of controlled success. Rather than trying to be a) an itty-bitty fish in a big pond like New York, ... The band built up a fan-base in Harrisburg and then began playing larger surrounding cities to get exposure.

I met the guys through a friend of a friend, and their former drummer had quit. I wasn`t too familiar with the Chili Peppers before that, so I joined at the end of 88` and we finished recording Mother`s Milk at the end of 89`, next thing I know I`m in Spin with a sock.

This is my dream. I ain`t giving up. I see a band like the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and they`ve had their ups and downs, but they`ve continued with heart. We look up to that. I see Papa Roach being around for another 15 years. We`ve always wanted to be a career band.

Our company is part of the community, we have 36 employees in Chili. We also raised money locally. The company likes to get involved. I think this is an easy thing to do.