Oct 13, 2026 · 1 hr 10 min · 28 segments
Multi-talented musician Flea (whose new solo album of jazz trumpet music, *Honora*, is out now), is obviously most famous for his work as the bassist for multi-time platinum, Grammy award winning…
FleaGuestClaire de LuneHost
You know, it's a place beyond thought and a place, even though a great action can happen in that place, I think it is the state when you are completely yourself.
And when you talk about someone who's enlightened because they sat in a cave for 30 years or whatever in the Himalayas, that's it.
And when you're like that, you are absolutely using all of your brain, all of your body, all of everything, whether you're doing something or sitting still.
when you you know obviously you do all your work and all your technical stuff and you learn your skills and you practice and you do all these things but when you you know you let go of everything and you're just like open to the gods you know what i mean and you're not thinking anything you're not thinking about what you're going to play or how you're going to move or what you're going to do or what anyone thinks or even though you're not aware of anything except being a a vessel for light you know and i think it's the exact same thing with basketball and i think it's the exact same thing for like it's what great actors are always striving for when they're doing a scene like to get out of the way and just let the gods move them as the character like the story that they're telling and a painter you know a great painter a great writer like When the great stuff happens, it's not thought.
That's what I love about all the things that I love is it's vessels for human beings to be their best selves.
And it actually reminds me of a quote from an essay that you wrote from that essay I mentioned earlier for MBA.com.
You know, it's a place beyond thought and a place, even though a great action can happen in that place, I think it is the state when you are completely yourself.
And when you talk about someone who's enlightened because they sat in a cave for 30 years or whatever in the Himalayas, that's it.
And when you're like that, you are absolutely using all of your brain, all of your body, all of everything, whether you're doing something or sitting still.
when you you know obviously you do all your work and all your technical stuff and you learn your skills and you practice and you do all these things but when you you know you let go of everything and you're just like open to the gods you know what i mean and you're not thinking anything you're not thinking about what you're going to play or how you're going to move or what you're going to do or what anyone thinks or even though you're not aware of anything except being a a vessel for light you know and i think it's the exact same thing with basketball and i think it's the exact same thing for like it's what great actors are always striving for when they're doing a scene like to get out of the way and just let the gods move them as the character like the story that they're telling and a painter you know a great painter a great writer like When the great stuff happens, it's not thought.
That's what I love about all the things that I love is it's vessels for human beings to be their best selves.
And it actually reminds me of a quote from an essay that you wrote from that essay I mentioned earlier for MBA.com.
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