During the episode, Flea talked about having written a memoir a few years earlier, describing how it forced him to confront his troubled childhood and search for the deeper reasons behind his experiences. He highlighted that despite the hardships, he always found a guiding light in moments of joy, such as music, sport, or love, which he explored in the book. The discussion presented the title as a personal, introspective work that offered insight into his resilience and creative journey.
Episode: Flea
Flea mentioned that he wrote a memoir a couple of years before this podcast episode was recorded, discussing his difficult childhood and the positive influences in his life. He reflected on how, despite hardship, there was always a guiding light or beautiful things that brought him joy.
I wrote a book, I put out a memoir a couple years ago
I went through like when I started writing about my childhood, I didn't like realize how fucked up it was until I really started like putting it together and not only like writing the things that happened like but really trying to get underneath them and understand like why and what it did and how it shaped me and why did things happen and trying to understand like in a deeper way
one thing I realized that like that I'm so lucky about is that like and I think maybe you know I don't know you Ted but I know you would maybe you can relate to this like no matter what happened there was always this fucking light like this thing that like was so beautiful also like the things that made me happy made me so happy like just you know the concept of maybe loving you know what I mean like like or sex or you know the like playing basketball being in the moment that freedom that feeling of like when I was in the moment and then when I started playing music like that feeling of being gone or belonging connecting with other people whatever it was like the things that I found beautiful were always so beautiful to me like not just like O'Funn or whatever but like fucking Providence, you know