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. Fred Armisen Read Quote
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. Fred Armisen Read Quote
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. Fred Armisen Read Quote
I will always consider myself a punk because of those experiences in high school. It will always be a part of me. Fred Armisen Read Quote
Missing something doesn’t help anything. You can only look at the future, what you can keep doing. Fred Armisen Read Quote
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? Fred Armisen Read Quote
Wayne Coyne has put out Flaming Lips records in gummy bear skulls and all these different kinds of packaging that’s really, really inventive. And that’s what you should always do. Fred Armisen Read Quote
