In a recent interview with NBClatino Jane’s Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro talked about the impact music has had on his life saying the following:

“I was always a creative kid and after playing the piano I developed an ear for music and I realized that some of my favorite music was guitar oriented, so I picked up the guitar and just moved into that.  Rock influenced me a lot.”

He also talked about his influences:

“My family was all born in LA, I didn’t listen to Spanish music or speak Spanish.  I grew up on Monica and Westwood and in Hollywood there is obvious cultural mixture here.”  he explains.  ”So I’m just as influenced by the hip-hop culture as I am Latino culture as I am by the rock and tattooing culture. I honestly look at myself as a living entity on planet earth.”

You can read the full interview here