Brian Posehn Quotes

I want to be taken seriously as the type of musician that plays stuff like an electric rake. I mean, how seriously do you take someone like Spike Jones? They take him pretty seriously - a really good musician who made a great contribution in terms of humor, which is part of what I try to do too.

There are a lot of songs that would ostensibly be a good candidate for parody, yet I can't think of a clever enough idea.

The movie Spinal Tap rocked my world. It's for rock what The Sound of Music was for hills. They really nailed how dumb rock can be.

Whenever I do a parody it's not meant to make you hate anybody's music really.

Cheech and I used to call ourselves musicians; we never called ourselves comedians. We were musicians that were funny.

It's very difficult to be funny musically. I think I achieved It with 'The Pink Panther.'

We were about ready to go out on the road with Maiden, and Kerrang asked us to do an Iron Maiden tribute song. While we were home, we recorded that. And that was it.

Music can be witty, but it's not funny unless it's conceptually funny.

Motley Crue was actually my gateway to heavy metal.

Erroll Garner is one of the few musicians I believe has a sense of humor in his music.

Kerrang asked us to do a heavy metal tribute to one of our favorite heavy metal bands. We had already been jamming out on 'Walk,' so we're like, 'OK. We'll record it for you guys.'

The guys from Hellyeah and the incredible music we've created have brought me back to what I love.

I have no desire to write lyrics with Adrenaline Mob.

I've been a fan of Bob Odenkirk since he was on HBO originally with 'Mr. Show.'

I've just watched the whole series of 'Flight of the Conchords'. I absolutely love it - the humour, the actors, everything about it.

I like New York, I think you've got some of the best comics in the world here.

New York is looked at as the grad school of comedy.

I was very humbled by the 'one-man Led Zeppelin' comparisons.

The only reason I'd bring a Bible out here is if I needed toilet paper.

Comedians really are like a species. That's not to be exclusive. Anyone can kind of become one. You have to pay your dues, though.

There's nothing sadder than being in a tribute band - especially a tribute band for your own thing you did originally.

I was in a party band in the early '80s, and we played Sabbath and Ozzy songs as well as Rush and Van Halen... all that kinds of stuff.

When I was a very young kid, the first music that really turned me on was a new wave of British heavy metal - big, dumb rock music. There was a band called Diamond Head - they were basically the band that inspired Metallica. But I also liked bands like Saxon and Iron Maiden.

I grew up in a household where we watched a lot of comedy. It's just something I've always enjoyed.

The band that I always wanted to tour with was Pantera, and we got to tour with them twice.