Tom Scharpling Quotes

#1. 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.

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#2. I'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?

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#3. I keep thinking the bad guys will win in the end and take it all away, but somehow it all seems to keep working.

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#4. I will say, the performers in the musical are some of the most super-talented people I've ever seen.

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#5. I love doing the show more than anything. It's truly the most satisfying thing creatively that I've ever had in my life.

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#6. Creeps get rewarded for being creepy.

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#7. In 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.

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#8. Look, 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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#9. I always have a lot of respect for people who do things. Even if it's the worst garbage on earth.

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#10. My day job is writing for television. So I've been on enough sets, and I know how things work.

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#11. My 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.

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#12. I get so much inspiration from people working hard at music, even though it's nothing to do with what I do.

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