EVERY GUITARIST LOVES to play. But not every player loves to practice. John Frusciante loves both.
“I love the guitar, and I really love practicing,” he says. “I do it just for practicing’s sake. I always have. I don’t do it because I’m trying to get faster or because I think it’s going to make me smarter or anything like that.”
For Frusciante, the benefits of practice are considerably bigger-picture. “It gets my mind straight in the morning,” he says. “And it tunes me to myself — my fingers to my body, my body to my mind. A lot of what I do is brain exercises as much as physical exercises.” The only thing he doesn’t like about practicing? Not having enough time to do it. “When I’m at home, I can do it leisurely. But sometimes on tour I get rushed, and it feels like a job. When we’re playing shows, I try to spend the maximum amount of time I can practicing, every day.”
Frusciante was gracious enough
