Top 79 Quotes by Flea

For me, music was the only reason I went to school. I was kind of a street kid, in a lot of trouble committing crimes and stuff. Music gave me something to focus on.

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.

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

All my career, all that I've really done has been based on emotion and intuition and gravitating toward what sounds good.

I studied music at the most remedial level when I was a kid, through the Los Angeles public schools, with a little private instruction.

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.

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.

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

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 it's meant to do.

When I was a kid, and it was time to go to college, I thought, 'College is for people who don't have the street smarts to make it on their own - get in a band, get in a van, and get rockin'.