Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Anthony Kiedis has revealed classical composer Igor Stravinsky and Nick Cave as two of his greatest sources of inspiration, naming the Aussie artist as “the greatest living songwriter”. In an interview with UK newspaper The Guardian, the Chilis’ frontman attributed his band’s longstanding success to hard work:

“Creativity waxes and wanes. We’re very lucky. We’ve made bunches of fucking money. We could be sat on the beach eating burritos, but even when we’re pissed off with each other we sit in a room and work. Igor Stravinsky sat at his piano every fucking day. Some days it was rubbish and his wife was chewing his ear off – but he stuck at it. The same thing goes for Nick Cave, the greatest living songwriter. He goes to work! Every day. And that’s what we do,” Kiedis told The Guardian.

So there you go guys  – hard work really does pay off! And one can only hope for end results like this: