Quotes from Fred Schneider

I used to like doing karaoke until cell-phone cameras came along.

I always wear Chuck Taylors, but then I found out that you could actually get your own shoes, so I mentioned it to the band, and they said, 'Yeah! Let's do it' And we got 'em. That's how it works.

The hairstyles of most Heavy Metal bands are pretty horrendous.

You know, Southerners are pretty cool.

We've never tried to fit any mould because we already broke the one we started.

There are a lot of people who are considered 'camp' who have no idea how ridiculous they are.

Back in the day, when we'd get into a town, I would go in the phone book and look up record stores. Then I'd take a bus or a cab and check them out.

Everything changed after 'Love Shack.' We went 'mainstream.' 'Love Shack' set what people viewed us as, because a lot of people didn't realize we had a career before that.

Our look evolved from the fact that we bought thrift-store clothes. It wasn't like, 'Let adopt a thrift-store aesthetic.' We just didn't have any money.