I don't think us going out in the crowd would be a good idea. I think that we'd be torn apart limb from limb.
Kyle Gass
Probably every band - you get back to like, The Stones are kind of the tough guys, Beatles are kind of psychedelic, Led Zeppelin was kinda mystical, The Who are kind of mods. You know, you just go right through. Everyone's kind of adopted their so-called persona or flavor if you will.
Jack is a special performer, the kind that comes along once in a generation.
Bo Burnham is great, he's a genius.
We feel more comfortable rocking a comedy room as opposed to laughing it up with a rock crowd.
Well, rock used to be the only game in town in terms of radio and what the kids listen to. Now I think there was a big hip-hop takeover, and pop music, it became mechanical and computer-y.
Well, here's my feeling about shtick. I think sometimes if you don't have it going on too much, you're probably feeling insecure and then you want to add on the shtick. I would say, oh, like Kiss. You try to stand out from the crowd, you're going for a bold statement, you're going for a high concept.
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.
Jack has two boys, and when they grow up they're gonna wanna be like the D. I've already got the name: Mini D.
I still enjoy watching Jack perform after a gazillion years of watching him.
The problem is that we set the bar so high, and our stuff is so good, it's tough to top.
You know, I come from an acting background.
The wheels of Hollywood grind very slowly so I'm going to have some collagen or some sort of plastic surgery.
A friend is someone who can help you with your career.
But the classic Tenacious D songwriting is Jack or myself will have an idea - I might have a riff - and we'll improv. And once Jack's feeling it, we turn on the tape recorder and start jamming, improv on that riff, improv on those lyrics, and then go back and see if there's anything good in there.
It's always fun to play the hometown.
I fantasized that I went to art school with the Beatles.
I've never been married, but I'm imagining what it's like: Sometimes Jack snores, and I get to poke him.
I'd love to do the straight music thing, but that's kind of against our mission, which is to rebel against the serious singer-songwriter mentality.
I don't think we've ever been in an interview where someone hasn't asked, 'How did you guys get together?'
I had a desperate need to be Van Gogh or something. Some tremendous artist. Jack's so successful, what's wrong with me, why isn't this working for me? I hated myself.
We're like a rogue satellite circling the comedy universe.
And I only really like to play the acoustic guitar.
I've got the country station on my radio.
Seriously, though, I realise I set the bar really high with Tenacious D - one of the great, great bands of our time.
Rosemary's Baby' is one of my faves.
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 how awesome I am.
Acting, music, comedy are all just delivery systems to communicate ideas and stories.
You can't pick your fans.
I feel good with a crisp hundy in my pocket.
I'm doing this pilot called 'Demon.' Kevin Smith is directing it. It's a comedy drama. I play a guy who rises up from Hell.
I like butter with my popcorn.
I want to live until they find a cure for dying.
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.
I don't keep up with music.
I can't be serious, apparently.
I don't really like to audition, and that works against me. It's bad to be an actor and not like to audition.
I have an agent and everything. I audition occasionally.
I'd say that acting is a side project for Jack.
I like 'The Graduate.' That's one of my favorites.
Well, I think awards are pretty meaningless.
I was excited to be nominated for the Grammy, but prizes are a little strange.
To me, comedy and music are not even really separate entities.
In terms of what influenced me, I grew up on The Beatles, and I always was struck by their dry British sense of humor.
Yeah, there's probably been times when I'm watching cable and seeing there's like three movies that Jack's in and I'm sitting hogging a bag of Cheetos in my underwear and I think 'God, what happened to me? Why can't I be something special like Jack?'
People used to think, because of our name, that we were a hip-hop group.
Well, we're on a never-ending quest to slim down. It's just very difficult for us.
I like Popsicles!
Whenever I see a girl in tie dye twirling, I'll say yes. I've arrived. I'm in the right place.
We try to write the best songs ever and they kinda come out funny.
