Flea
Flea
Fleas are insects that form the order Siphonaptera. They are wingless, with mouthparts adapted for piercing skin and sucking blood. Fleas are external parasites, living by hematophagy off the blood of mammals and birds...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionBassist
Date of Birth16 October 1962
CityMelbourne, Australia
CountryAustralia
happiest life love married
When Hillel died, it was during one of the happiest times of my life. I was married and completely in love and had a baby on the way.
dedicated life music
I wanted to play in a band, and I wanted to do music for a living, and that's what I dedicated my life to.
academics athletics changed education equally life music treated
A big part of my life is music education because it changed my life - but arts, academics and athletics should all be equally treated in the school.
life love triumphs
I love my life and my mistakes and my triumphs - all of it.
life rest
My father was out of my life when I was pretty young - when I was 7 years old, he was gone. I didn't see him for the rest of my childhood.
beautiful energy feeling life love opened running send
Running opened up something beautiful in my life. I try to send the energy all over my body. I love the feeling of it.
changed instrument life loved music pick playing sent teach
When I was in school, you could pick any instrument you want, and they'd teach you how to play it. That changed my life. I loved playing music in school, and it sent me on my path as a musician.
disgusting heard life
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 devil: the idea that your personal life is there for everybody.
education filling life musical stuff
My whole musical life has been an educational process, and I'm just furthering my education and filling in the blanks. There's stuff that I want to know that I don't know.
change fall groove grow life pushing
It's so easy to fall into a comfortable groove in life where you do the things that you like, and because of that, often times, we don't grow or change because we're not pushing ourselves.
charles charlie grew incredible
I grew up with all these old jazz guys in the '70s in L.A., and they grew up idolizing Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus, Lester Young - all of these incredible musicians.
great growing high junior marching music played
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 departments. I always played in the orchestra, the jazz band, the marching band.
culture jazz mark
For me it's the high-water mark of American culture - not so much contemporary jazz, which has become kind of academic, but the jazz from the '20s on through the '70s.
chili dad hot peppers requires stuff time trumpet
Being a dad and being in the Red Hot Chili Peppers and all the stuff I have to do... The trumpet requires a lot of diligence, and I haven't had the time.