Fred Armisen Quotes

'Chance the Rapper' is many things. I'm constantly evolving.

The groups I liked, you really looked forward to their albums and you rushed to get them the first day, because you knew it was going to be different than what they did before. The records told you what that group was into at that time.

I've got fans and letters from Israel, France Germany, Sweden, London, Africa. They all saying pretty much the same thing, 'Yo, we love you, we need you, put some more music out, please!'

We love U2, adore their music, just blown away by who they are as artists. They just seem like really good people.

I don't want people to expect the hard tracks to continue my whole career. When I started making music, I wasn't making music like that.

I never wanted to stop making music.

I didn't want to be a one-hit wonder. I really wanted to make albums that had a different aesthetic every album and a different sound.

I see music as a lifetime affair.

Music, music, music. It doesn't get much better than that! It pretty much consumes my life.

I did alternative rock before. That's why my style is the way it is now.

We spent a lot of time making 'Transangelic Exodus' and toward the end of it, my ability and my love for music - that is, just garage music, direct and immediate - started to feel neglected.

We know the fans love us to death, and the people that hear out music love our music.

Me, who's educated classically, I went toward rock music 'cause it was sort of a natural evolution from where I was playing with my brother. But I was always drawn back into classical music.

I searched the good music that I loved and found out that was all by Miguel! What a strange coincidence! I'm a massive fan of 'Sure Thing' by Miguel.

When I made the first album, I was 24, and at that age, you have nothing to say. I just played the music I loved and tried to do it justice.

We have always played classical music and always loved dance and pop music.

With my first album it was a little bit like I was practicing.

I've always loved Jay-Z's music and loved what he's done.

We started the band when I was about 19 or 20. At that age, it would have been kind of hard to imagine a lot of the stuff that I've written. We were playing garage rock. I wanted to dash out three chords and scream. But if you do that for 20 years, what's the point?

There are a lot of classic Goapele tracks that are obviously me. And I'm also just trying to keep evolving and grow as an artist. I've always had a wish list of producers I wanted to work with. I just wait until the feeling is mutual and go into the studio to see what we can come up with.

A lot of the songs that I wrote during 'Pt. 1' and 'Pt. 2' are the first songs that I ever wrote that sounded like that. I was in this phase - a certain creative space in my life - personally and musically.

I just wanted to express myself and put out music of how I'm feeling - give back to my fans and gain new ones in the process.

The first album is the prelude to the full story of Luke James. It establishes me as an artist you can look forward to.

I think that identity and sort of the brand - I hate that word - the brand of the musician should be malleable. It should change, and it should grow.

I enjoy music wherever it's coming from.