The funny thing is just the collision of genres, taking one medium and trying to ram it into another medium, whether it fits or not.
Tom ScharplingIn indie rock, there's the phenomenon of: "Oh, this guy seems totally normal, but he's actually crazy." There's more of that out there than you'd think.
Tom ScharplingI always have a lot of respect for people who do things. Even if it's the worst garbage on earth.
Tom ScharplingI love doing the show more than anything. It's truly the most satisfying thing creatively that I've ever had in my life.
Tom ScharplingMy friend Phil Morrison directed a lot of my favorite videos back in the mid- to late-90s - all the Yo La Tengo videos that were funny, a Juliana Hatfield video. He was such an influence with me, and I wanted to do a video the way Phil used to do videos. I did that for Phil.
Tom ScharplingMy day job is writing for television. So I've been on enough sets, and I know how things work.
Tom ScharplingI will say, the performers in the musical are some of the most super-talented people I've ever seen.
Tom ScharplingI'm Here All Weak might be the strangest comedy album I have ever heard. But I've listened twice, which is more than I listen to 90 percent of all comedy albums, so I think I love it?
Tom ScharplingI get so much inspiration from people working hard at music, even though it's nothing to do with what I do.
Tom ScharplingLook, you couldn’t pay me to listen to their music, but I still feel like I have more in common with Insane Clown Posse than I do with someone who just sits on the sidelines and shits on other people’s work and who never puts themselves on the line.
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