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“When Jack Black and I started Tenacious D, there were about two seconds in the beginning when we thought maybe we'd have a go at serious music. But we quickly abandoned that when we realized that everything we did tended to come out funny.”

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We actually have some pretty good songs. But if they come out too serious, then we have to scrap them.

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I don't keep up with music.

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Seriously, though, I realise I set the bar really high with Tenacious D - one of the great, great bands of our time.

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What did happen to rock music? I think there was a hip-hop takeover.

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And I only really like to play the acoustic guitar.

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Usually I feel kind-of normal and lame, and then I'll go to the coffee shop and someone'll say, 'You rock!' And then I'll remember…

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There doesn't seem to be a relationship between budget and comedy. In fact, it might be inverse.

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We're actually more popular in the U.K.; they really get us, and in Australia. In the non-English speaking countries, they don't really get it.

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I'd say that acting is a side project for Jack.

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I'd like to do a complete album of covers with no songs written after 1937.

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We've been around about 20 years and we only have, what, two records? We're not terribly prolific.

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I don't think we've ever been in an interview where someone hasn't asked, 'How did you guys get together?'

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