Flea on John Frusciante [2019 - 1 month before rejoining] 

I was the one who asked the question!!! :)

So much passion when he speaks about his relationships with his friends. It's so pure and full of love. God bless their passion for each other.

Who’s here after finding out he’s back in the band

Flea’s slowly becoming the old man from “Monster House”

My co-workers and I were actually talking about how Frusciante is essentially our generation’s Hendrix as far as driving us to create and practice. I’m happy he’s back with the band (also hope that Josh is doing okay), but most importantly I can’t wait to see what the new RHCP era brings :D

He is right saying the creative process makes you vulnerable so it's really difficult and kind of a blessing to find other people with whom you can create music for almost 40 years.

Beautifully said by Flea. When Hillel Slovak died the band was supposed to die and that’s the honest to god truth. They never laid down. John brought them together, he is the quintessential part of this band that glues everything together. Without him we don’t the music we know and love today. Thank you John Frusciante and I’m so happy to say welcome back. We misssd you

Gosh, I never would have thought this guy thought so deeply as he does. You only hear and see the stage part of some people, but underneath it all, he's got some really good values to life.

Looks like flea just fell out of elton John's wardrobe.

WELCOME BACK JOHN!!!!TRUE LOVE NEVER GETS OLD

This is the most down to earth man I know. Humble, observant, grateful. Even with flaws, he still moves forward. I wish every human radiated love as much as flea. Imagine where we would be.

It all gains a new meaning after today’s news🤩

Flea is an absolute legend.

I saw them in Boston and Flea came on to the stage walking on his hands. There is no one else like Flea.

Just got finished reading Flea’s book. Absolutely amazing

Makes me wonder what his relationship with Chad is because they mesh so well in the rhythm section

I absolutely love how he couldn't answer that question sitting down. Love Flea such an animated dude.

At the moment in the interview everybody gets his last 2 sentences as a quote about Frusciante quitting, but he already knew it was about John coming back. Pure gold! ❤

Flea, a true hero and a big inspiration to me.

Flea is absolutely wonderful person. The best bass player of all time and truly wonderful soul

I have literally studied fleas bass compositions and techniques like... 20 years ago... In depth. And I had no idea how clear and concise of a public speaker he is.

Yesterday was the best day of my life. Welcome back John. I could cry. Lol

Flea reppin the Grateful Dead with the Lithuanian Olympic jersey \m/

Crazy to think John is actually back in the band now

I was waiting for the words : “John, please come back. You give me a reason to live” :)

"For It is written, in the end times John will rise again to Rocketh the Socketh off thy Cocketh's." *Frusciante **6:18*

Still can't believe I'm going to see them in Dublin this year

John's return has been planned for a while then...

I'm personally very excited about the young man joining this rock band. He will breathe new life into this very old band. Anthony and Flea are almost 70 years old 🙏🙏🙏

Sometimes I worry that Flea is ill by his appearance and emotional reaction, but then I see him play and realize that’s just Flea and he’s fine.

Fucking 17 years old. First band he ever joined. Was being scouted by frank zappa who notoriously only sought the best musicians. Their first album with him goes gold and their second goes multi platinum, and then he quit. Before he was even half way thru his 20s... just incredible.

Love the Flea and his big heart of gold.....

I think it's time to see at least a photo of the band with John after 10 years.

Here in 2022 after they've put out their first single together in like ten years 😪🙂 flea looks so much happier and healthier now

Flea is The Robin Williams of Funk

I love how he knew right away he and Anthony would be in each other’s lives 😂

The universe gives us a reason to keep going -- always.

"The world is energy, waves, ride them"

Flea is my favorite musician.

He looks exactly like one of the guys in “Back to the Future”

He looks like he skipped his 30s, 40s, and 50s.

AND NOW JOHN IS BACK

Flea. I love you so much. I wouldnt have learned to play bass if it were not for you. Just as you would not have played bass if it werent for Hillel. RIP Lovely Man thank you so much for your amazing love and gifts to the world Hillel Flea Anthony John Chad and so many others of the Chili Peppers who have been a part of this amazing group i love you thank you

Now this interview makes perfect sense.

I can't wait to here what beautiful music they're going to create God bless you John

J Frusciante is no doubt a top legend on the guitar..dude's a straight top class beast on the stings

Waves of energy moves and we ride them. - FLEA

The universe shines upon us all this morning with the news...it all doesn’t seem real

The biggest crowd my former band played in front of was about 12k people and we played probably over 300 shows. We recorded 2 EPs, 1 LP and had this one very short, amateurish, AMAZING!!!m U.S. East coast tour lol :p. I don't know what it is to be in a band like that...but man, I hate how there aren't as many bands around anymore :S. If I can make a wish for the new year it's to find other bandmates, be the best bandmate I can possibly be, and have as much fun playing and sharing music that matters to us as... and basically just have a great time with people I care about. My girlfriend and I have been together for over 10 years. My ex and I stayed together for something like 7 years...and yet, the relationship I crave the most is the one I shared with my former bandmates when things were looking good.

HE'S BACK!!!!

"and like for John, there keeps being a reason for it".........Flea the Universe has spoken again........Welcome Back John Frusciante, I'll see you guys in May in Boston!!!

I was at GIT in 1987 with John.It was before he joined the RHCP.He knew how to play every Steve Vai song note for note.At that time there wasn't any real tab/RU-vid/videos of how to play songs.John showed me how to play Viv Woman from Steve Vai's Flex-able album and a bunch of other Vai licks.That was over 30 years.

Welcome back John Frusciante 🙌🏼

I hope he returns... he completed the band and it’s collectively that they’ve become what they are... no one is above anyone within the body of the group... nor should they think so...

And now HE is back to the chili peppers. Friends and love reunited. Best news in 2019

Fleas a sensitive soulful fellow.

I love fleas Grateful Dead Lithuania basketball shirt and his tie-dye jacket ⚡

I love how Flea can pronounce "Frusciante" correctly.

I feel like Flea and I have similar views of spirituality and our place in the universe as a whole.

I feel that Flea, always reminding the concertgoers to be kind to one another , was and is really the simplest reason why I love and respect him so much

I'm not really a rhcp fan but at the same time I love them It don't even understand it but its what I feel!

I saw this interview and heard “there keeps being a reason for him energy and waves move we ride em” and thought wtf does he mean? Is John..? Nah no way. Month later on Twitter “yes John is back, nature moves, waves are for riding”. It was the Easter egg I searched google 10 years for. Love love

Frusciante is back in the band!!!

John should come back💓

2019! Wow! John Frusciante is back in the band and Jeffery Epstein didn’t kill himself! Wow!

He's rocking da Lithuania T-shirt. Awsome 🇱🇹🇱🇹🇱🇹🏀🏀🏀

John is back in the band

I hope one day that the John wave swells back into RHCP.

"My name is rhlenan" seu nome é RÊNÂM rapaz kkkkkk

I think that they made a deal and said "when we two have the same voice we can create a new record of RHCP together". I don´t know why but Flea has developed the same voice than John, you close the eyes and it´s John.

I love this man.

what a fascinating response!

He is wearing Lithuania shirt and I'm from Lithuania!!!

Flea dressing like he just came from a Jimmy Buffet concert with David Lee Roth as the headliner.

John was was the hell of a wave for them :)))

He is back!

Nice to see LITHUANIA on Flea chest 👍👍 greetings from Lithuania

Blood Sugar Sex Magick, One Hot Minute, Californication gave a whole lot of people a whole lot of GOOD VIBES and memories that go with them for all times

é tão bonito ve ra relação desses caras e q apesar de todos os conflitos, as coisas aconteceram :e hj são o que são :3 Espero que esse ano (2020) com a volta do johm eles se reinventwm mais uma vez aaa

I feel (with all due respect) that everyone that’s playing guitar for the Chilli Peppers is only holding John’s spot until he decides to get back in the band!

What a great question dude

Flea wearing those 90s Lithuanian national basketball Olympic tie dyed jerseys... Grateful Dead gave them to the team, they wore them in the Olympics and won the bronze

I wish God gave them a wider variety of songs.

Thanks for posting this video .

I wonder if sometime in somewhere john will look at this

You must be partially responsible for JF rejoining, at least in the sense that you were a conduit for the universe to send a message to Flea, who from what I understand told Anthony the only thing that would get him to work again for another LP would be if John rejoined. So thanks man.

Beautifully said

And here we are

Do you guys think he already knew John would come back? Maybe he did,or maybe this touched John's heart, who knows?

I feel like nobody love Chad! The drummer, its like if he just play and don t hang with the band, or is just my impresión?

This interview has so much more depth now that John Anthony MotherFucking Frusicnate actually returned.

John is my idol. Man I love flea though.

2021, still not even a single dropped out...😢😢😢😢

if only politicians had fleas life mentality towards the world

Love Flea's shirt

And now John returned to RHCP.

One month later... John returns to the band

I felt bad for Josh but it clearly wasn’t personal. They just had a connection that was above all else.

And now John is back again!

Real life things happen for a reason 🙏