Flea

From the first time we stepped on stage, we were intent on being the wildest band that ever existed on this planet.

Of course I've changed, and thank God I've changed.

I was a lunatic.

I was, you know, 19 going on 10.

Well, cool.

I would have been really happy with myself making music that I cared about, being a student of music, continuing to just love music.

And when I listened back to the song Nevermind that you played for my first demo tape, and the feeling that I had making it, and the feeling that I had when we went around with that tape, playing it for people with our cassette tape, trying to get booked into clubs to get gigs,

It's a similar feeling that I have now with the record that I just made, Honora.

It's a feeling that I haven't really had since back then.

And it's a feeling of, I've made this music that is really, you know, obviously it's a collective, you know, the Chili Peppers made the music, but we made music.

And I had a feeling that we are filling this place, an empty place in the world that

that is hasn't been filled before we've created this thing that is ourselves purely so it can't be anybody else and we've we're filling this new place and it's a really a beautiful feeling and and that's how i feel about um the music that i've made with honor it's the same thing like i feel like uh i'm making music that occupies its own place in the world and that feels good to me

Yep.

Constantly, yeah.

I mean, of course, even though back then, you know, when I made that music when I was 20, I think.

I was 20 years old when we recorded that, 19 or 20.

Um, I was listening to, you know, ethereal jazz music all the time.

I grew up with jazz music and I was listening to jazz music back then.

Um, but of course I've changed and thank God I've changed.

I was a lunatic.