“For me, music was the only reason I went to school. I was kind of a st...” — Flea Quote

“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.”

“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.”

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

“We have to use incarceration to set people up on a path to stability, so they do not continue committing crimes when they return home.”

“Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.”

“The critics never see my role as it is - as a man protecting his garden killing poisonous snakes. Instead, they say it's just me again committing violence.”