I worked full time jobs, basically doing manual labor until I could make enough money supporting myself as a musician. — Flea Copy Share Image
I was raised to think that rock was music for ignorant people who didn't think for themselves. — Flea Copy Share Image
I went to school and studied music for a year at USC, which unlocked a bunch of doors for me in terms… — Flea Copy Share Image
I wanted to play in a band, and I wanted to do music for a living, and that's what I dedicated my… — Flea Copy Share Image
I grew up with all these old jazz guys in the '70s in L.A., and they grew up idolizing Charlie Parker, Charles… — Flea Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, in L.A., I went to these schools, Fairfax High School, Bancroft Junior High School, and they had… — Flea Copy Share Image
I had a friend who had been teaching music for a long time, and he knew a bunch of teachers, so I… — Flea Copy Share Image
The quality of instruction is very high at the Silverlake Conservatory of Music. It's not about being a rock star. It's about… — Flea Copy Share Image
I did record a bunch of stuff, but the thing that usually stops me from doing that is that I'm a terrible… — Flea Copy Share Image
Just so people know, the Silverlake Conservatory of Music is not at all about celebrity or fame or being a star. It's… — Flea Copy Share Image
My whole musical life has been an educational process, and I'm just furthering my education and filling in the blanks. There's stuff… — Flea Copy Share Image
I was on a path that could've really led to disaster, and the one thing for me that really kept me focused… — Flea Copy Share Image
When you make music, you're forming these invisible vibrations in the air into different shapes and consistencies and speeds in order to… — Flea Copy Share Image
About 13-14 years ago, I went back to my alma mater, Fairfax High School, and ran into the music teacher. She invited… — Flea Copy Share Image
I love entertaining people, I love playing music, and I love rocking like an animal. But at a certain point, you're playing… — Flea Copy Share Image
Music is like the genius of humankind, universal... People who have never really taken the time to get into music, their lives… — Flea Copy Share Image
Lucky enough, through the public school system, I had been able to have some music education, and that gave me something to… — Flea Copy Share Image
As a musician I'm about expressing what's inside, and I think everyone has a song in them that they need to get… — Flea Copy Share Image
I studied music at the most remedial level when I was a kid, through the Los Angeles public schools, with a little… — Flea Copy Share Image
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A big part of my life is music education because it changed my life - but arts, academics and athletics should all… — Flea Copy Share Image
For me, music was the only reason I went to school. I was kind of a street kid, in a lot of… — Flea Copy Share Image
All I knew about Ethiopia was from a few records that I like, as well as what I read about the famine.… — Flea Copy Share Image
Music is made up out of these building blocks. Studying how these blocks go together and what they consist of and the… — Flea Copy Share Image
When I was in school, you could pick any instrument you want, and they'd teach you how to play it. That changed… — Flea Copy Share Image
The Silverlake Conservatory is a nonprofit music school in Los Angeles where we teach music, mostly to kids, but to people of… — Flea Copy Share Image
Turning 50 is a little bit of a 'taking stock' moment. I feel probably a little dumber. I don't think I'm as sharp as… — Flea Copy Share
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I like the idea of acting. Of all these things I've done, sometimes I think I've done well, and sometimes I think I didn't… — Flea Copy Share
I had a friend who had been teaching music for a long time, and he knew a bunch of teachers, so I just put… — Flea Copy Share
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When I was growing up, in L.A., I went to these schools, Fairfax High School, Bancroft Junior High School, and they had great music… — Flea Copy Share
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I worked full time jobs, basically doing manual labor until I could make enough money supporting myself as a musician. — Flea Copy Share
I was raised to think that rock was music for ignorant people who didn't think for themselves. — Flea Copy Share
Music is made up out of these building blocks. Studying how these blocks go together and what they consist of and the math of… — Flea Copy Share
A big part of my life is music education because it changed my life - but arts, academics and athletics should all be equally… — Flea Copy Share
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