Hal Sparks

“Sometimes I play guitar like a frustrated drummer.”

“I noticed a lot of guitar players neglected the rhythm part of rhythm guitar and decided I would try to focus in that.”

“Tori Amos had a major influence on how I craft words in a song. Until I heard 'Little Earthquakes' all my lyrics used really obvious analogies like rain for tears.”

“All musicians need a day job in the beginning. Unless they still live with their parents, I guess. I'm just lucky that my day job is simply another form of art.”

“I'm a futurist. Technology is our way out of almost every problem we have. Technology can create a new sense of community.”

“I noticed a lot of guitar players neglected the rhythm part of rhythm guitar and decided I would try to focus in that. As my skill and knowledge of the instrument grew, I found lead started to come naturally. Sometimes I play guitar like a frustrated drummer. Ha ha!”

“People only have guilty pleasures when they crowbar pleasure down their throat all the time and then they reach for the brownies. Then you should feel guilty because you're killing your body and that's something to be guilty about.”

“I'm a futurist.”

“If I could sew comedy and philosophy together, then I've done a good job. The primary goal is always going to be laughs and the secondary goal is always going to be saying something without it being a lecture.”

“If 'Airplane!' comes on, it's like a comfort film. You can always guarantee a laugh watching that movie.”

“You'd think after 8 years of things called 'The Patriot Act' and 'No Child Left Behind' they would know that we have figured out the 'Call it what it ain't' PR ploy by now, but... um... no.”

“I'm named after a computer and grew up really interested in them.”

“I'm as heterosexual as any person need be. I'm open about my relationships - or lack thereof - in my own life, because I want to make the case that gay isn't contagious. It's not something that you can catch or learn or choose.”

“If I have anything, it's tenacity.”

“The name 'Charmageddon' actually comes from a social technique that I use. Which is, you know, literally obliterating people with charm so that you can get away with saying stuff that no one else could ever get away with, you know?”

“I try to be as ignorant about things as I can.”

“Tori Amos had a major influence on how I craft words in a song.”

“It's better to waste money than time. You can always get more money.”

“Someone needs to remind American CEOs that if you can't run a company that is innovative, financially sound and doesn't poison the rest of us, You can't run a company.”

“If you are for freedom and equal rights, which we hear a lot of talk about these days, then you have to include the LGBTQ community in that. And if you're not willing to put your time where your mouth is, then I don't know quite what you mean by commitment in your life.”