“‘We feel fresh, like a new band,’ confirms Frusciante, going on to explain how a change in collective outlook helped foster creativity. ‘I put a lot less of my ego [into it] than I had previously and I think that was true with everybody. It wasn’t so much a competition thing as really wanting to give a part of ourselves to one another [and] being excited to listen to what the others were bringing in. Sometimes in the past, like on ‘By The Way’ for example, or [1989 album] ‘Mother’s Milk’, one person would feel stifled at the expense of another. This time it felt very much like people who care about each other and are genuinely excited for everybody else to be the best that they can be.’”
There are some photos of the backstage of Mother’s Milk album, between 1988/1989. Chad looks cute in all of them, and John looks so younger and wild back then <3