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People on the street comment on how handsome I am. You know, people stop and say how angular my face is.
There are so many disagreements in the world, but I like the idea of people agreeing on something like art.
Steve Jobs was a real rock star to me. I looked forward to his products like people look forward to albums.
My showbiz career started with 'SNL,' and to write an 'SNL' book... well, there are already enough of those.
People are always nice, so I can't complain. My name used to be SNL! More and more, people call me by my name.
I tend to think that there is a sophistication to everything at 'Saturday Night Live,' including the sketches.
All of my memories are now on hard drives. I'll change phones or I'll change my laptop, and all my photos stay.
There should be comedians who perform only for robots - I'm saying human comedians that only perform for robots.
I'm so glad cities have personalities, just like people have personalities. That's something that makes me smile.
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.
My father came from Germany. My mom came from Venezuela. My father's culturally German, but his father was Japanese.
When I used to see Rick Moranis do something, to me that was immediately funny. Or George Carlin or Martin Lawrence.
I don't like watching shows where all of a sudden you're like, what happened? They shot the last season in Las Vegas?
Before 'SNL,' I would do stand-up, opening for Jeff Tweedy. It was worse than bombing in that people were dead silent.
"Macarena" is a great song. If music is something you can remember - the worst crime music can do is to be forgettable.
I wish I was one of those people who could write script after script and pages and pages. I can only aspire to do that.
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.
That's one of the great things about Los Angeles, that people just play music, and it's all very welcoming and welcomed.
I'm obsessed with my 20s. I buy things that I wanted in my 20s. It's weird; it's a weird thing that I didn't grow out of.
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.'
The Long Island experience is so strange. You're a satellite around the city, so the presence of the city is always looming.
Everyone goes through all kinds of relationship situations. I'm lucky that I get to be on two comedy shows [during divorce].
Just a lot of those bands [like The Blue Jean Committee] started off in blues, and then they all transformed into other kinds.
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.
If someone can write great music... Paul McCartney is a genius. He's so prolific. All we should do is bow down to Paul McCartney.
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.
Surround yourself with people you like and respect; surround yourself with people you just want to be around and keep making things.
The way James Franco goes to new projects, he does it the way an artist should, which is with a question mark. Like, will this work?
There's no judgment on bands that continue on who aren't popular; some people get enjoyment out of it. I'm just not one of those people.
I work better when I'm juggling projects. Nothing worse than watching someone really embrace what they're doing if they love it too much.
I would never play a character that wasn't true. It's not a moral thing; it's just that it's more convincing if it's a little bit like me.
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.
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.
Remember that there's no one way of doing things. ... If you just get a hammer and hit it really hard, whatever it is, I guarantee you it'll open.
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 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.
There's something really easy and just somehow un-crowded about the Portland airport. Every time I go there I'm like, 'Why is this so easy and sweet?'
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.
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.
I like it when people are driven. I love that in any field of work, in architecture or whatever. Like Lorne Michaels - he pays attention to every detail.
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.
There's no judgment on bands that continue on who aren't popular; some people get enjoyment out of it. I'm just not one of those people. I wanted attention.
I try to maintain a high level of coolness. Which means I've gotta look at lot of magazines. I've gotta look at a lot of ads to see what people want to wear.
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.
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.
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.
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?
I'm drawn to punk. I'm drawn to samba a bit. I don't think there's a type of music I'm not drawn to. Lykke Li I really like. Holy Sons I still can't get enough of.
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.
In my opinion, there's this new phenomenon where guys used to talk about cars a lot in the past. But, more and more it's becoming them talking about recording studios.