Flea

With acting, I always feel conscious of what I'm doing.

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Ethiopia is such a great country, beautiful place.

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I love my life and my mistakes and my triumphs - all of it.

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

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Being a rock star isn't all it's cracked up to be, let me tell you.

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Bands develop their own weird ways of doing things.

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We were these arty punks from Hollywood. I considered myself an intellectual.

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Anything worth doing good takes a little chaos.

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I wanted to play in a band, and I wanted to do music for a living, and that's what I dedicated my…

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My father was out of my life when I was pretty young - when I was 7 years old, he was gone.…

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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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My whole musical life has been an educational process, and I'm just furthering my education and filling in the blanks. There's stuff…

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You teach your kids about your beliefs and tell them what you think is right and the conclusions that you've come to…

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I just lucked into this weird, little obscure cameoesque film career. I just love being a part of film history.

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I went to school and studied music for a year at USC, which unlocked a bunch of doors for me in terms…

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When I first heard about Twittering, I thought it was the most disgusting thing I'd ever heard of in my life. It's…

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Music is like the genius of humankind, universal... People who have never really taken the time to get into music, their lives…

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Lucky enough, through the public school system, I had been able to have some music education, and that gave me something to…

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About 13-14 years ago, I went back to my alma mater, Fairfax High School, and ran into the music teacher. She invited…

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Steven Adler and I played football in the street when we were 12. I remember rehearsing in my bedroom with my first…

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After running for a while, things really start to open up in your body. I felt like I'd tapped into parts of…

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I was on a path that could've really led to disaster, and the one thing for me that really kept me focused…

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When I was a kid, and it was time to go to college, I thought, 'College is for people who don't have…

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Turning 50 is a little bit of a 'taking stock' moment. I feel probably a little dumber. I don't think I'm as…

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We always write way more than we put on a record. We always write a lot-lot.

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I exercise; I have a big career. I'm a parent, and I run a music school.

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I grew up being terrified of my parents, particularly my father figures.

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I always thought I was a pretty terrible actor.

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I got my love of jazz from my stepfather, who was a jazz musician.

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I studied chord theory and started playing the piano.

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When something comes up, and it's interesting, and I have the time, I'll do it.

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For me it's the high-water mark of American culture - not so much contemporary jazz, which has become kind of academic, but…

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I feel like if we're not running, we're basically disrespecting our bodies. When you're running, you're really using your body for what…

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Just so people know, the Silverlake Conservatory of Music is not at all about celebrity or fame or being a star. It's…

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Kids deserve arts, and it's just as important as science, math, history, English or athletics.

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Before every show, we get into a circle, hold hands, and someone makes a speech. Most bands are too cool for that.

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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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I grew up with all these old jazz guys in the '70s in L.A., and they grew up idolizing Charlie Parker, Charles…

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I've always kind of been an in-the-moment kind of person. I don't think that far in advance or have any idea what's…

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I love literature deeply. I view books as sacred things, and in writing my story, I'm going to do my best to…

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