Song Quotes by Flea

10 Song quotes by Flea

Flea’s musings on music are as lively and unpredictable as his bass lines. This short set captures the playful, kinetic spirit that fuels his contributions to rock and funk.

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Bands develop their own weird ways of doing things.

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Playing music is a beautiful thing. But listening to music is just as great.

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I studied chord theory and started playing the piano.

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We were at the dark end of the L.A. punk scene, and that scene was full-on and violent and aggressive and wild…

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The apparatus has to serve our improbability and improvisation. Being good and playing the songs is not enough.

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As a musician I'm about expressing what's inside, and I think everyone has a song in them that they need to get…

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I started playing trumpet when I was 11 years old. All I wanted to be was a jazz trumpet player when I…

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I did record a bunch of stuff, but the thing that usually stops me from doing that is that I'm a terrible…

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Music gave me something that was not only good for me - it gave me something to work on, something to be…

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Music is made up out of these building blocks. Studying how these blocks go together and what they consist of and the…

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I worked full time jobs, basically doing manual labor until I could make enough money supporting myself as a musician.

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I was raised to think that rock was music for ignorant people who didn't think for themselves.

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