Lighthearted Music Quotes

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.

People will remember a good comedy song a lot longer than they would some of the so-called straight love songs.

Even a song on the radio that completely lacks substance is there for a reason. Sometimes, people need a break from cold reality; the song that you really don't have to put that much thought power into can be just as entertaining as something that might take you on a three- or four-minute cruise through the depth of reality.

It's kind of hard to get deep with Rodgers and Hammerstein. I can't think of a moral in the music - it's just fun.

I don't really connect with super-sad, somber songs.

An operetta is simply a small and gay opera.

Sweetest High' is for the clubs, that's what it was for. It wasn't supposed to be anything serious.

We're best at doing pop music - we're not good at doing down, depressing music.

I don't like all of the music to be serious and deadly.