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.
I'm in the lane where I can make music but also have it be funny and still good at the same time.
People just want to have a bit of fun, something uplifting, funny, that's got a melody to it. That's what we try to do.
Personally, I feel like I'm trying to redefine what a really good rapper can be like. Like, I think it's not often where a good rapper can be making funny music.
Alien Chutney is just what the name suggests it is. Its music that is so funny and quirky and weird that it feels entirely alien to the listener; yet, the content and the subject matter is so Indian and relatable, it's still chutney.
It's most difficult to score a comedy. Where are the limits? When does music become gimmicky or stupidly funny?
People never ask people doing serious music, 'Do you ever think about doing funny music?'
It's very difficult to be funny musically. I think I achieved It with 'The Pink Panther.'
Music for cartoons is sillier, funnier.
It would be really nice to make a record that would be super-fun to play live - a record that would be funny, with a little bit of heart.
