Johanne Brinchmann’s Reviews > Scar Tissue > Status Update

“At the time I was dating Sofia Coppola” HUH

«What could have been the most exciting time of our career ended up being very strange.
John was being dark and withdrawn, Flea was under the influence of all kinds of prescribed medications, and I was this high-strung but still-clean weirdo. And Chad was Chad.»

"It's always important to give things away; it creates good energy. If you have a closet full of clothes and try to keep them all your life will get very small.“
It was such an epiphany that someone would want to give me her favorite thing. That stuck with me forever. Every time I'd be thinking, "I have to keep," I'd remember, "No, you gotta give away instead."

«"The Greeting Song." To this day, I hate that song. I hate the lyrics, I hate the vocals.»

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“I was still carrying around that "one foot on a banana peel, one foot in the grave" energy,”

“I went back into a self-imposed abstinence, which equaled what they call a "dry drunk." It's an accident waiting to happen. You're not putting the stuff into you that makes you bonkers, but you're not dealing with any of the shit that's been in there your whole life and makes you want to get high in the first place.”

«EMI was disappointed in our sales, and when they told us that our record hadn't sold, I responded, "Okay. And the problem is what?" I wasn't one of these kids who grew up dreaming of gold records. To me, my life was what was in front of me, and that was going on this tour of America in a blue Chevy van. Everywhere we showed up, there were people, and they cared, and we rocked them out, and we gave it everything.»

Rent was due, and Flea and I had about two hundred bucks each. We had the option of scraping together enough money to pay another month's rent, or going out and buying some high-quality leather jackets, the absolutely de rigueur possession of every self-respecting punk. So we headed to Melrose Avenue, which was becoming a center for cool vintage clothing.