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" I actually, legitimately feel that I'm not busy enough. I want to be so busy that it's overwhelming. "

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" Prince is my favorite ever. I've liked Prince since... It's been a really long time. Even in junior high. I used to only like punk for a while, and I had all these rules for what kinds of groups were cool, and who was not cool, but as soon as I saw this one Prince video... It just broke all those rules. I was like, 'I love this no matter what.' "

" For me, I would get so frustrated because I would see these other bands just whip by us. "

" I really loved touring with my band, but it felt like we would spend a lot of time playing in empty rooms - empty clubs. We had some good successes, but it's so physically hard to load up a van and drive all day. "

" My favorite song is 'Cybele's Reverie' by Stereolab. "

" Talking Heads were a big influence on my comedy. For David Byrne, every album had to be different. With 'Portlandia,' every season has to be different. You gotta reinvent the look, all of it. "

" You have to understand how lucky I feel. I was on 'Saturday. Night. Live.' I played with the Clash! On what planet would I look at anything in my life in any less-than-stellar way? "

" Since I was, like, an infant... I remember being in love with television. I loved listening to music. I wanted to be on records, and I wanted to be on TV. "

" I love driving. Listen to some music. "

" I travel a lot. I'll go back and forth, you know, West Coast-East Coast, but it's separated by segments. So it's not a daily thing. "

" I like that 'Broad City' exists, and I love being around at the same time as 'Key & Peele.' I love those guys - I just, I love their faces. "

" I don't know anything about the wine world at all. "

" I will always, no matter what, be a punk more than anything. "

" Music documentaries are tricky because of 'Spinal Tap.' That movie has stood the test of time. "

" Every day, I wanna work on being a better person, not just to others but to myself. "

" Sometimes 'Portlandia' can be pretty traditional. But the stuff I've always loved on 'SNL' has always been the weirdest stuff I've done. The stuff that went on at 10 to 1 in the morning. "

" I learned at 'SNL' that it's a bummer to bum people out. "

" I get very, very little sleep. "

" Every music journalist I've ever met has been stunningly beautiful. "

" I spent a lot of time lifting my drums into a van, playing to ten people night after night. I can't complain about anything now. That stuff was heavy. "

" The Long Island experience is so strange. You're a satellite around the city, so the presence of the city is always looming. "

" I will always consider myself a punk because of those experiences in high school. It will always be a part of me. "

" When 'Pale Fire' came out, that album was a big friend of mine. I've just always purely been a fan of El Perro del Mar. "

" I don't think there's an archetype for the Justin Bieber fan. A Bieber fan just looks like an American. You wouldn't even need a costume to try and resemble one. "

" My problem is with intimacy. That's where I have my biggest problems. "

" 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. "

" When punk came along, it made perfect sense to me. I found it melodic. The Clash, Buzzcocks. "

" I've met Tony Danza. He was really nice. And he looks... I feel like he hasn't aged. He looks exactly the same. He's just Tony Danza. He's exactly the same as he's always been. "

" Everywhere I go, somebody says something to me. It's really nice. "

" I like to think Portland and L.A. are not rivals; they're cousins. As cities on the West Coast, they're distinct in their own way but still culturally similar. "