Quotes

I head a Salt-n-Pepa song one time, where they named every rapper in New York. And they didn't name us!

I love being in the Beastie Boys.

Champagne Jerry records are definitely, in one way, on the very far end of the weird spectrum of rap music, then, in another way, very far on the weird punk spectrum.

Our music is weird. It's not pop. I don't know why so many people buy our records.

The two biggest influences of the '70s were Don Cornelius and Bruce Lee.

A lot of people are trying to get me to go solo. It's just a thing I have to deal with a lot. Record labels are always trying to get me to go solo.

'Alternative facts' is really one of the better things that's come out in a long time. 'Alternative facts?' It's brilliant! Really? Alternative facts? There are two different realities?

I've fallen to make people laugh. Often.

We got very lucky. We were successful, but if we weren't, I don't know what I would have done.

It's been fun to just play bass in a band and play live but be in the background.

You'd think that my acting in 'Lost Angels' would have been the reason why I gave up on it. But yeah, I'm just not that good at it. Auditioning is super weird, and I'm bad at it.

When I was a little kid, I wanted to be an actor.

What I work hardest at is just trying to not let things get me crazy.

You picture yourself as being 22 always, and so it's very bizarre when you're not.

I don't really get a lot of stuff sent to me, but I do get things given to me in person. One of my favorites was from a kid in the mid-'90s. He gave us all a bunch of pants he made.

I got no business going to a club. I'm a terrible dancer. I got a bad back.

I have no idea about the state of rap. I don't pay attention. I just listen to old music that I have.

Here's a thing that's going to drive me absolutely crazy: the trucks! They can put people on the moon, but they can't make a quiet truck!

I want to open a restaurant.

I grew up - my dad, every time I was with my dad, he was always - not always, but he wrote. He's a writer. So he was always in his office writing. He made a plan and, like, a point of, 'This is my work. I'm going to do this every day for these amount of hours.' So I think that's where I got, like, a work sort of ethic.

I don't want to have a real job. No one wants to have a job.

I would love to be in an action movie. I've always wanted to play the hacker guy - like, the Jewy hacker guy who just gets yelled at.

That's what real punk is about - doing it yourself and building a community where people share ideas and share creativity.

Rap is the only super-current music. If you're into reggae or dancehall, and you don't know Bob Marley, then you don't really know what you're listening to. But if you're listening to rap, and you're 15, you're like, 'Grandmaster Flash? Who's that? Public Enemy? Yeah, my dad told me about them once.' And that's just how it is.

Stuff used to get me really crazy, touring stuff. I used to hide. I hid from everybody. Back in '87, when things were so hectic, I'd run away. There was so much pressure.