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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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" 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. "

Fred Armisen

Playing

Together

Band

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Before 'SNL,' I would do stand-up, opening for Jeff Tweedy. It was worse than bombing in that people were dead silent. "

" Bill Hader does a really good impression of me. "

Fred Armisen

Bill

Impression

" I would see people on TV, or I'd see bands I really liked, and I thought, 'I want that.' "

Fred Armisen

See

Want

" Even when I go do comedy stuff live, I can still feel the drummer in me about to go onstage. "

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

" I want it all... fast. I want to be married, I want to live together... and then somewhere around a year or two years, I get freaked out. I freak out emotionally and then I actually feel like 'Oh my God, who's this stranger in my house?' "

" I'm not by nature a cynical person. But sometimes your expectations are different from reality. "

" I've always been a fan of instructional videos. The bass-player ones are insane. The music on them is fascinating. It's not something you hear on CDs or would really ever play in bands. You listen to it and are like, 'What is happening?' It's this blizzard of notes in weird time signatures, and they're trying to teach you that. "

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

Fred Armisen

Made

Along

" When people say that L.A. doesn't have a culture, I think it really does: a very old culture, and very specific. There's streets named after entertainers, and statues of entertainers, and it's great. Entertainment is still art, even if it makes billions of dollars. So it's like a city built on entertainment, and art in a way. "

" All of my memories are now on hard drives. I'll change phones or I'll change my laptop, and all my photos stay. "

" My favorite album is 'Ram' by Paul and Linda McCartney. "

" I have a problem with sweets. I have an inability to eat a just little bit. It's almost like I can't even enjoy chocolate anymore - I have to stuff it into my brain, cram it into my ears. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Art should not be an easy thing. "

" 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. "

" When you're being mean to someone, you can feel the audience just get cold. "

" I started comedy in, like, 1998. "

Fred Armisen

Comedy

Started

" I am immediately disinterested when I hear mountain-climbing stories. "

Fred Armisen

Disinterested

I Am

" Questlove redefined what a band can be, and Paul Shaffer and Max Weinberg really put their own spin on it. I bow down to these people. All of them. "

" I can only parody stuff I love. "

" 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. "

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

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

Fred Armisen

School

Myself

" 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.' "

" 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. "