Fred Armisen

“I love painters because I don't paint, so I get to enjoy art; I like collecting paintings.”

“I see everything as a positive that can only help me.”

“Ever since I was really little, I started doing a - I don't know how to put this - mentally challenged person on my street. I meant no harm by it, but I remembered how this person talked, and I did it for my mom, and she was not into it. She said, 'You can't do that!' But my dad really laughed.”

“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.”

“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 really like Au Revoir Simone.”

“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?'”

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

“There should be comedians who perform only for robots - I'm saying human comedians that only perform for robots.”

“People on the street comment on how handsome I am. You know, people stop and say how angular my face is.”

“That's one of the great things about Los Angeles, that people just play music, and it's all very welcoming and welcomed.”

“I'll just say that there are times when TV shows, like 'The Honeymooners' or 'I Love Lucy' or something, where they're totally in their stride, and this thing happens, where you can tell they got everything they wanted. And it starts to look a little relaxed. No criticism to the shows whatsoever; these people are geniuses.”

“I am immediately disinterested when I hear mountain-climbing stories.”

“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.”

“When I first started going to Portland, people told me about Stumptown. They were like 'Oh, it's the best coffee,' and I thought, 'How good could it really be?' I'm like, 'Sure, great, uh... I'd love to see it.' But then when I went, it truly, I am not kidding, is the best coffee I have ever had.”

“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.”

“The day of parts of the country hating each other, or rivalries like that... I feel like that's dead.”

“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.”

“I loooved Sleater-Kinney like a crazy person.”

“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.”