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" I'm a performer and have managed to get my performing into the mainstream consciousness of the world, I guess. "

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" 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. "

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" Before every show, we get into a circle, hold hands, and someone makes a speech. Most bands are too cool for that. "

" Turning 50 is a little bit of a 'taking stock' moment. I feel probably a little dumber. I don't think I'm as sharp as I was when I was younger, but I'm definitely wiser and less likely to make gigantic blunders of an intellectual, spiritual, emotional or physical type. "

" Ethiopia is such a great country, beautiful place. "

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" Later in high school, I met Hillel Slovak, who was the original guitar player of the Chili Peppers, and we became really close. We had a band, and we didn't like the bass player, so I started playing bass, and I got a bass two weeks later. "

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" 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. "

" All I knew about Ethiopia was from a few records that I like, as well as what I read about the famine. But you get there and it's another world. It's filled with art and music and poetry and intellectuals and writers - all kinds of people. "

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