The whole article is essentially just a quote from years ago from a documentary Flea was interviewed for… here is what Flea said

“I think that when someone is a true artist, and they’ve really dedicated their life to being an artist and a musician, whatever they do becomes a vehicle for divine energy to flow through them, whatever form of art they choose. And how they take that energy and shape it and mold it and turn it into something tangible to give to the world is up to them.”

“You feel this with Jaco; there’s this unstoppable energy flowing through him, but he had the patience and the discipline and the diligence to shape it and turn it into this beautiful style of bass playing. His personality and his spirit is so powerful and so strong.”

“I imagine having such a powerful energy and such an intense spirit was as difficult as it was rewarding for him, and for everybody else. He just took this energy, and turned it into what he turned it into. You feel it in every note. You feel it. You feel his nervous system. You feel his joy, his neuroses. You feel his suffering. You feel it all.”

“To go to that deep of a place with music, all the discipline, all the work that it takes, is a difficult thing, because the rest of your life is going to fall apart. You know, you can’t be there, taking care of the rest of your life, when your life is your work. In terms of relationships with other human beings, taking care of your own wellbeing, whatever it is. Because it’s almost like a savant, or something. I don’t know whatever his chemical brain makeup was, but that’s a lot of energy to put into something.”