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
life love triumphs
I love my life and my mistakes and my triumphs - all of it.
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.
gave good joy love loved music people proud work
Music gave me something that was not only good for me - it gave me something to work on, something to be proud of and something that I really loved and have a love for - but also music was good for other people because you put joy into the world.
love
I got my love of jazz from my stepfather, who was a jazz musician.
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.
best books form huge literature love played sacred shaping view
I love literature deeply. I view books as sacred things, and in writing my story, I'm going to do my best to honor the form that has played such a huge part in shaping who I am.
certain gig home love lying music playing rocking staring town
I love entertaining people, I love playing music, and I love rocking like an animal. But at a certain point, you're playing gig after gig after gig, in town after town after town, and you're lying down, staring at another hotel-room ceiling, and it's like, 'I want to be home. I'm a dad. I've got kids.'
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.
history love obscure
I just lucked into this weird, little obscure cameoesque film career. I just love being a part of film history.
bands cool hold
Before every show, we get into a circle, hold hands, and someone makes a speech. Most bands are too cool for that.
develop
Bands develop their own weird ways of doing things.
based good intuition sounds toward
All my career, all that I've really done has been based on emotion and intuition and gravitating toward what sounds good.
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 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.