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" All of my memories are now on hard drives. I'll change phones or I'll change my laptop, and all my photos stay. "
Phones
Hard
Change
" Art should not be an easy thing. "
Thing
Should
Easy Thing
" As a kid, 'The Monkees' was such a cool show. I had such a thrill saying, 'OMG, I was in a sketch with one of the Monkees.' "
Thrill
Cool
Kid
" As far as value goes, obviously it's nicer to be in an environment where you feel comfortable. But it's also clear that it's probably not the most realistic thing. "
Environment
Value
You
" At 'SNL' there's framed pictures of all the cast members, and it starts with Dan Aykroyd. It's linear. It just keeps going through all these people, and then you're at the end of it. "
End
You
Pictures
" Before 'SNL,' I would do stand-up, opening for Jeff Tweedy. It was worse than bombing in that people were dead silent. "
Dead
Opening
People
" Bill Hader does a really good impression of me. "
Me
Bill
Impression
" Chalkboards being used inside the restaurant seem to be a good sign that the proprietors are proud of their food, and that's kind of nice, actually - it's a nice personal touch. "
Proud
Restaurant
Food
" Discomfort is the way to go if you want to make something you feel is worthwhile. "
Want
Discomfort
You
" El Perro del Mar sort of accompanied my time at 'SNL.' To concentrate and focus, I would play the bass to one of her songs from her third album. "
Play
Bass
Focus
" Even when I go do comedy stuff live, I can still feel the drummer in me about to go onstage. "
Comedy
Drummer
Feel
" Ever since I was really little, I started doing a - I don't know how to put this - mentally challenged person on my street. I meant no harm by it, but I remembered how this person talked, and I did it for my mom, and she was not into it. She said, 'You can't do that!' But my dad really laughed. "
Know
You
Mom
" Every day, I wanna work on being a better person, not just to others but to myself. "
Better
Better Person
Day
" Every music journalist I've ever met has been stunningly beautiful. "
Beautiful
Been
Ever
" Everyone knows deep in their hearts that the drums are the coolest instrument, and that a band is only as good as its drummer. So I'm all for drum solos. I'm all for drummers hamming it up. I'm all for drummers standing up and kicking over the kit. "
Over
Hearts
Good
" Everywhere I go, somebody says something to me. It's really nice. "
Nice
Somebody
Something
" Fereydun, that's my dad's name. My grandmother, my dad's mom, when she was pregnant, she was dating a man from Persia, a Persian gentleman. It wasn't his child, but he was still very supportive and said, 'Hey, this is a great name,' and so it stuck. So that's what she named him. "
Mom
Man
Child
" For me, I would get so frustrated because I would see these other bands just whip by us. "
Just
See
Because
" For some reason, juggling things makes everything work better. That's just how we operate. It just makes the other project more of something to look forward to. I think the more you keep things going, the more it helps the other project. "
Work
Better
You
" Hopefully there will be a day when all comedy is all robots. "
Hopefully
Comedy
Day
" I actually, legitimately feel that I'm not busy enough. I want to be so busy that it's overwhelming. "
Enough
Want
Overwhelming
" I am immediately disinterested when I hear mountain-climbing stories. "
Disinterested
I Am
Am
" I am opposed to vacations and leisure. I try to make every day a work day. Even if there's nothing on my schedule, I will try do at least one task that is work-related. "
Every Day
Day
Try
" I believe in limitations. I think the worst art ever made - in my opinion, because it's all so subjective - is where the artist had complete freedom. "
Freedom
Think
Opinion
" I came away from 'Saturday Night Live' feeling very well represented. I felt, and I still feel like, they let me do so much stuff that I wanted to do. Stuff that I almost didn't even know what it was. "
Saturday
Night
Me
" I can only parody stuff I love. "
Parody
Stuff
Only
" I can't be bothered with narrative. It takes too long for me to try to think of it. "
Me
Narrative
Think
" I can't relax. I'm not happy unless I'm working on stuff. 'SNL' is always a huge workload, as enjoyable as it is. "
Working
Stuff
Relax
" I don't know anything about the wine world at all. "
Know
World
Anything
" I don't like watching shows where all of a sudden you're like, what happened? They shot the last season in Las Vegas? "
Vegas
Last
Like
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