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" I will always, no matter what, be a punk more than anything. "
Fred Armisen
Always
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" 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? "
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" The bands that were big in '77, like the Clash and the Sex Pistols and Talking Heads, I got into them in the early '80s. And it changed my life. It got into my DNA. "
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" One person who was interesting was Jello Biafra, who was - of all things - very professional! "
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" Everywhere I go, somebody says something to me. It's really nice. "
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" I don't like watching shows where all of a sudden you're like, what happened? They shot the last season in Las Vegas? "
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" Music documentaries are tricky because of 'Spinal Tap.' That movie has stood the test of time. "
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" 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. "
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" Missing something doesn't help anything. You can only look at the future, what you can keep doing. "
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" I'd want to direct a video for Yoko Ono. As long as I got to work with Yoko Ono someday, I'd be really happy. I just think she's such a great artist - it would just be so nice. "
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" 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. "
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" I was really close to being this guy who used to be in this band who is still playing and trying to get some recordings together, but I got really lucky. "
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" Sometimes in Portland I'm like, 'Who is funding this city?' It's doing great - there's all these new shops; there's a synthesizer store. Where is this coming from? "
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" Art should not be an easy thing. "
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Should
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" No yoga. I can barely sit down. "
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" Every day, I wanna work on being a better person, not just to others but to myself. "
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Day
" I tend to think that there is a sophistication to everything at 'Saturday Night Live,' including the sketches. "
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" I feel like Miami is way, way too hot. "
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I Feel Like
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" If something seems like a little venue, don't treat it like that. Do it all. If you're sort of wondering why you're doing something at some location, just do it - any size theater, production, or whatever. It's all helpful. "
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" That's one of the great things about Los Angeles, that people just play music, and it's all very welcoming and welcomed. "
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" I wanted so badly to be in a famous band, and it was not happening. I played drums with different bands and with the Blue Man Group in Chicago, but I definitely felt like, 'Wow, I did not picture my life being like this.' "
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" 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. "
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Friend
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" 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. "
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" I think a comedian has a more specific job. Whereas a musician can fall into different categories, you know, of making background music or doing a soundtrack or wanting to be in a band or writing the song, or writing your own songs. And then comedy is a very black and white thing. You want to make people happy. "
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" I love painters because I don't paint, so I get to enjoy art; I like collecting paintings. "
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" My favorite album is 'Ram' by Paul and Linda McCartney. "
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" I loooved Sleater-Kinney like a crazy person. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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