Flea

I mean, I think I would have done anything to stop him, but I remember just being scared.

And I remember thinking that...

That I wanted to try to do my best, but my best was always like when he would stop to try to create this feeling of levity and love and trying to bring joy to the house.

You know what I mean?

By like being cute and funny or whatever I could do to try and make it better.

Yeah.

And I've often wondered, choosing a life as an entertainer, that there's sort of this dichotomy between the two things.

Like in a really healthy way, I love the art form.

I pursue the art form.

I want to be great at it, lose myself in the beauty of this thing and use it as a bridge to touch people's hearts, to make the world a better place.

And that's like the healthy part.

But then there's this other part where

that is unhealthy, that is that same thing I did when I was a little kid.

It was like, love me, please.

You know what I mean?

And I think that that, and this is actually kind of, you know, tying that together right now, thinking about it, that all goes together, you know?

And so that was difficult with my stepfather.

And I, you know, he was a very complicated man.

He introduced me to music.

But there were many times when it was scary to be in the house.