During overdubs, I'd pick up whatever looked interesting at the moment or whichever guitar I hadn't played yet. I like having such a broad palette to dip into.
I grew up listening to albums by Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin and Jimi Hendrix, and they all worked on that multi-layered level.
I have never been sexually aroused by a man. But I have yet to kiss Johnny Depp, so you never know.
I'm as obsessive with health as I was with destruction.
I'm either shooting nine grams of coke a day or spending two hours at the gym. There's no middle ground.
I've always been a fan of music where you can hear new things each time you listen.
I've always recorded the same way. I put down as many ideas as I have, then strip them away at the mixdown. It's better to have too much music than not enough.
It's impossible to compare two bands. It would be like comparing two lovers.
Men are much more agressive with their advances.
There have been times when I felt suicidal and I would stop my head from going in that direction of negativity because I thought there'd be something I'd miss that was funny in the future. If there's a chance I'm going to laugh tomorrow then want to live to experience that.
It's not that I don't have opinions, rather that I'm paid not to think aloud.
Dave has written articles for: Details, Nylon, Raygun, and US Weekly magazines.
Dave made a brief appearance in the 1994 movie Floundering, as the 'drug kid', and in 2003's Uptown Girls, as the 'rocker guy'.
Dave relapsed into drugs and alcohol after five years of being clean and sober. He neglects to maintain his health, diet, and exercise rituals during this time, focusing on heroin.
Dave played a few shows with former band Jane's Addiction when they reunited in 1997, 1999, and 2001.
Dave and Red Hot Chili Pepper's bassist Flea guested on Alanis Morissette's album Jagged Little Pill in 1995.
Dave first saw Jane's Addiction play in concert in 1986. The second time he saw them play was from the stage, he joined lead singer Perry Farrell, Chad Avery on bass, and Stephen Perkins on drums. The band became legendary in the alternative rock world. They broke up in 1991, due to inner turmoil between bandmates, and Farrell created the Lollapalooza Festival tour as a farewell tour for them.
Dave's interest in music started at a skatepark when he was twelve years old, as he was riding his board, he heard Jimi Hendrix's 'Voodoo Child' blast through the park's speakers, and knew that he wanted to make sounds like that.
Dave thought about his own funeral since his mother's murder, visualizing his grave and the services. He developed an affection for things that are dark, and dealt with his loss through music, drugs, and losing interest in school.
Dave is the only member of his paternal family that doesn't speak Spanish, his paternal grandfather was a Mexican immigrant who was orphaned after the Mexican Civil War.
Dave has a coffin for a coffee table in his house.
The tattoo on Dave's right wrist is in Theban alphabet. It says "Angel," and was a dedication to an girlfriend (at the time).
Dave was eventually kicked out of his private Catholic high school in 11th grade for: bad grades, long hair, and questionable ties to the Los Angeles drug community. He then enrolled in a public school, but didn't attend classes. His classmates graduated in 1985, and he received his high school equivalency G.E.D a few years later.
Dave has a little brother named, Gabriel James.
Dave formed his first band in Jr. high school called South Dakota Railroad, they mostly played cover songs. Future Jane's Addiction bandmate Tim Avery was a member of this band.
Navarro plays a PRS Signature Model, Fender Stratocaster guitar.
Navarro is 5 feet, 9 inches tall.
Dave's mother, Constance, worked as a model on the game show Let's Make a Deal.
Dave joined the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1993, and only recorded one album with them in 1995 titled One Hot Minute. On April 3, 1998 it is announced that Dave is leaving the band.
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