Tag Archives: Karen O

I feel like every five to seven years I really need to put myself in this position of discomfort and exploration, just to survive. Otherwise I feel like I'm falling asleep, like I'll go crazy if I don't do it. Karen O

I was just totally taken by Michael Jackson when I was a little kid, like everyone else. Karen O

I plead total ignorance to Led Zeppelin. I am totally in the dark about them. Karen O

Yeah, I can't separate the art from the music and the music from the art. I think that stems from going to school for film first, and kind of stumbling onto music as my career. Karen O

Well, Freddie Mercury is a really huge rock star in my head. I've always thought he was just so tough and such an amazing entertainer, really a contradiction in many ways as well. So he was incredible. Karen O

Working pretty much nonstop as an artist, the hardest thing is to know what to do with yourself when you have some time off. You struggle with yourself to take a vacation. Karen O

I love bass, I really do. Bass is ace! Karen O

My onstage persona really is a persona, you know, and really the moment I step onstage, it kind of kicks into gear. Karen O

I'm not a quitter. I believe in following things through. Karen O

I was a complete outsider in high school. Karen O