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Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond cover image

John Frusciante and Anthony Kiedis

Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond

CHAPTER

She's a Lover, She's a Lover

Every morning, i would ride my bicycle from my house to the end of the road. And in the song, she's a lover, which used to be called zap, i had that song through my head feverishly. That bike ride completely inspired the entire lyric. The flower's pink on the tree, but if you pick it to see, will she be wild and free? Cause i used to drive past a tree every day that was covered in pink flowers - seemed like a metaphor for relationship. It's like you admire this thing as it is, but once you try to dominate it or pick it, or make it, you know, adhere to your agenda, will it still

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