--- title: "1 Playing Songs Quotes By Flea" description: "1 Playing Songs quotes by Flea. Plus more from Flea and more Playing Songs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c2/flea-8470_being_the-apparatus-has-to-serve-our-improbabi_2324358.jpg" --- > [The apparatus has to serve our improbability and improvisation. Being good and playing the songs is not enough.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/flea/the-apparatus-has-to-serve-our-improbability-and-improvisation-being/) [Flea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/flea/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c2/flea-8470_being_the-apparatus-has-to-serve-our-improbabi_2324358.jpg) ## More by Flea > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/flea/turning-50-is-a-little-bit-of-a-taking-stock-moment-i-feel-probably-a/) [Flea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/flea/) > [I studied chord theory and started playing the piano.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/flea/i-studied-chord-theory-and-started-playing-the-piano/) [Flea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/flea/) > [When I first heard about Twittering, I thought it was the most disgusting thing I'd ever heard of in my life. It's like the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/flea/when-i-first-heard-about-twittering-i-thought-it-was-the-most/) [Flea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/flea/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/flea/i-like-the-idea-of-acting-of-all-these-things-i-ve-done-sometimes-i/) [Flea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/flea/) > [I had a friend who had been teaching music for a long time, and he knew a bunch of teachers, so I just put…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/flea/i-had-a-friend-who-had-been-teaching-music-for-a-long-time-and-he/) [Flea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/flea/) > [Outside of a couple of times I ran without eating right or being too tired, I always feel great after I run.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/flea/outside-of-a-couple-of-times-i-ran-without-eating-right-or-being-too/) [Flea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/flea/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/flea/when-i-was-growing-up-in-l-a-i-went-to-these-schools-fairfax-high/) [Flea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/flea/) > [I just lucked into this weird, little obscure cameoesque film career. I just love being a part of film history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/flea/i-just-lucked-into-this-weird-little-obscure-cameoesque-film-career-i/) [Flea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/flea/) > [I worked full time jobs, basically doing manual labor until I could make enough money supporting myself as a musician.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/flea/i-worked-full-time-jobs-basically-doing-manual-labor-until-i-could/) [Flea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/flea/) > [I was raised to think that rock was music for ignorant people who didn't think for themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/flea/i-was-raised-to-think-that-rock-was-music-for-ignorant-people-who/) [Flea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/flea/) > [Music is made up out of these building blocks. Studying how these blocks go together and what they consist of and the math of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/flea/music-is-made-up-out-of-these-building-blocks-studying-how-these/) [Flea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/flea/) > [A big part of my life is music education because it changed my life - but arts, academics and athletics should all be equally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/flea/a-big-part-of-my-life-is-music-education-because-it-changed-my-life/) [Flea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/flea/) > [Being a rock star isn't all it's cracked up to be, let me tell you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/flea/being-a-rock-star-isn-t-all-it-s-cracked-up-to-be-let-me-tell-you/) [Flea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/flea/) > [Playing music is a beautiful thing. But listening to music is just as great.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/flea/playing-music-is-a-beautiful-thing-but-listening-to-music-is-just-as/) [Flea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/flea/) > [When I got with Nina Greenberg, I had been running for a few months already without a trainer. But then she gave me a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/flea/when-i-got-with-nina-greenberg-i-had-been-running-for-a-few-months/) [Flea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/flea/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/playing-songs/flea/#itemlist", "name": "1 Playing Songs Quotes By Flea", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The apparatus has to serve our improbability and improvisation. 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