#Para Cat Stevens

«In 1974, when I was 4 years old, I remember being at a neighbor’s house one night in Tucson, Arizona, in a small living room, the lamplight dim, listening to Cat Stevens playing on the turntable. It wasn’t the first time I’d heard his music, but for some reason, in that environment, I had a pivotal experience which is hard to reduce to words. I will always remember it as the first moment I realized that music is something which exists living within me; not just something which exists in the outside world. I somehow knew at that moment that I had something to say musically. There was an explosion of feeling within me that was animated by the music I was hearing, and I saw the music in the air, mingling with the soft lighting and shadows. It was a moment of wholeness where life seemed rich and full, and inner and outer world were one. Everything I’ve lived through and done since has been searching for, or trying to stay true to that feeling..» John Frisciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers