I had a friend who had been teaching music for a long time, and he knew a bunch of teachers, so I… — Flea Friendship Copy Share Image
I worked full time jobs, basically doing manual labor until I could make enough money supporting myself as a musician. — Flea Copy Share Image
“In a world that is so caught up in evil things, anything that is positive and beautiful should be shared by all.” — Flea Evil Copy Share Image
I like the idea of acting. Of all these things I've done, sometimes I think I've done well, and sometimes I think… — Flea Acting Copy Share Image
I'm always put in the unfortunate position of asking people to donate money and people I know in bands to play benefit… — Flea Copy Share Image
All my career, all that I've really done has been based on emotion and intuition and gravitating toward what sounds good. — Flea Career Copy Share Image
I'm a performer and have managed to get my performing into the mainstream consciousness of the world, I guess. — Flea Consciousness Copy Share Image
Outside of a couple of times I ran without eating right or being too tired, I always feel great after I run. — Flea Copy Share Image
Later in high school, I met Hillel Slovak, who was the original guitar player of the Chili Peppers, and we became really… — 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
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
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
It's so easy to fall into a comfortable groove in life where you do the things that you like, and because of… — Flea Change Copy Share Image
I played trumpet in the school bands. I learned things I liked to play on my trumpet, but I didn't learn why… — 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
I feel creatively vibrant. I have some great friends; I feel like I'm capable of giving a lot to the world. And… — Flea Copy Share Image
I started playing trumpet when I was 11 years old. All I wanted to be was a jazz trumpet player when I… — Flea Jazz Copy Share Image
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Being a dad and being in the Red Hot Chili Peppers and all the stuff I have to do... The trumpet requires… — Flea Chili peppers Copy Share Image
The last thing that should happen is funding cut for education; it should be increased. We need to put more money towards… — Flea Copy Share Image
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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
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When Hillel died, it was during one of the happiest times of my life. I was married and completely in love and… — Flea Baby Copy Share Image
Running opened up something beautiful in my life. I try to send the energy all over my body. I love the feeling… — Flea Beautiful 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 Education 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 Dad Copy Share Image
It's fun to just get out there and have a nice conversation when I'm running. To be honest, when I do longer… — Flea Copy Share Image
When I'm at home, I just run all the time, you know; I get up, and I go pretty much four days… — 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 Aesthetics Copy Share Image
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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
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The most important thing to me with any politician is that they don't start wars, but education is a big part of… — Flea Educated people Copy Share Image
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I have a trainer, a really nice woman named Nina Greenberg, and she got me a training plan, and we go running… — Flea Beautiful Copy Share Image
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