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" The last thing that should happen is funding cut for education; it should be increased. We need to put more money towards education, and anything else is abusive. "
Flea
Money
Last
Education
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" 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. "
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" 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'. "
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" I always thought I was a pretty terrible actor. "
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" 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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" When something comes up, and it's interesting, and I have the time, I'll do it. "
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" 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. "
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