Fred Armisen

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

— Fred Armisen

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

— Fred Armisen

I loooved Sleater-Kinney like a crazy person.

— Fred Armisen

I feel like Miami is way, way too hot.

— Fred Armisen

I love driving. Listen to some music.

— Fred Armisen

The worst art is when it's really convenient and comfy.

— Fred Armisen

I really like Au Revoir Simone.

— Fred Armisen

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

— Fred Armisen

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

— Fred Armisen

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

— Fred Armisen

James Franco has turned his life into a real art project. In my opinion, that's the way to live.

— Fred Armisen

When I used to see Rick Moranis do something, to me that was immediately funny. Or George Carlin or Martin Lawrence.

— Fred Armisen

I feel really lucky to get to do comedy, and music, at all. I want to do as much as I can.

— Fred Armisen

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

— Fred Armisen

Missing something doesn't help anything. You can only look at the future, what you can keep doing.

— Fred Armisen

My showbiz career started with 'SNL,' and to write an 'SNL' book... well, there are already enough of those.

— Fred Armisen

El Perro del Mar sort of accompanied my time at 'SNL.' To concentrate and focus, I would play the bass to one…

— Fred Armisen

At 'SNL' there's framed pictures of all the cast members, and it starts with Dan Aykroyd. It's linear. It just keeps going…

— Fred Armisen

[Paul McCartney] never, at the time, was going back to leaning back on the roots of his old band. He always built…

— Fred Armisen

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…

— Fred Armisen

The way James Franco goes to new projects, he does it the way an artist should, which is with a question mark.…

— Fred Armisen

I believe in limitations. I think the worst art ever made - in my opinion, because it's all so subjective - is…

— Fred Armisen

As far as value goes, obviously it's nicer to be in an environment where you feel comfortable. But it's also clear that…

— Fred Armisen

As far as paintings go, I always think about what it's like to move them and hang them up and hope they…

— Fred Armisen

My father came from Germany. My mom came from Venezuela. My father's culturally German, but his father was Japanese. I was raised…

— Fred Armisen

Some rules are good. For example, off the top of my head, let's say a stand-up comedian or a talk show host…

— Fred Armisen

I think a comedian has a more specific job. Whereas a musician can fall into different categories, you know, of making background…

— Fred Armisen

I'll just say that there are times when TV shows, like 'The Honeymooners' or 'I Love Lucy' or something, where they're totally…

— Fred Armisen

When you're in a band, you spend most of your time in a van. Like, there were four of us, we toured…

— Fred Armisen

There's something that I can't describe about the city [Portland] that I really love - just physically - how it feels to…

— Fred Armisen

Ever since I was really little, I started doing a - I don't know how to put this - mentally challenged person…

— Fred Armisen

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…

— Fred Armisen

Something about Portland just really resonated with me.

— Fred Armisen

I find it weird to use my own voice on TV.

— Fred Armisen

Sometimes I think I'm a really interesting guy.

— Fred Armisen

There's almost no such thing as a hipster.

— Fred Armisen

I met Steve Jobs once. In '06? He had a sense of humor.

— Fred Armisen

I'm a fan of Talking Heads going way back.

— Fred Armisen

When I'm hungry, I need to eat right away.

— Fred Armisen

I get very, very little sleep.

— Fred Armisen