Flea says that his Red Hot Chili Peppers bandmate Anthony Kiedis doesn't consider himself a musican.
In an interview with the L.A. Times Flea said that the favorite interview he did on his This Little Light podcast was with Kiedis. Flea explained that "We were both kind of in tears because I’d never talked to him about stuff like that. Anthony doesn’t really consider himself a musician or that he’s had any music education whatsoever. He used to say we should change the band’s name to Idiot and the Three Geniuses. And people would be down on him, you know? Eddie Vedder’s up there like Pavarotti, but the resonance is different with Anthony.”
When he was asked if he thought Kiedis was a good singer, Flea responded, "I think he’s a great singer. And he’s always learning and getting better. When we started the band, he couldn’t sing a note -- he just yelled. Now he’s got melodies, and he doesn’t even stick to them. He flows around and improvises."
He concluded, "Look, I know who the great singers are: Kurt Cobain, Jim Morrison, Roger Daltrey. But for me, all I care about with any musician is that a person sounds like themselves. And nobody sounds like Anthony Kiedis."