Quotes By Hal Sparks

Growing up in Kentucky, I used to hang out with four running buddies as a kid - 6, 10, and 11 years old. Two of them would later come out, and so 50 percent of my friends as a kid were gay.

I noticed a lot of guitar players neglected the rhythm part of rhythm guitar and decided I would try to focus in that. As my skill and knowledge of the instrument grew, I found lead started to come naturally. Sometimes I play guitar like a frustrated drummer. Ha ha!

Anyone who still supports George Bush would still let Michael Jackson babysit their kids.

The pop musicians often leave meaning in the dust and substitute it for cartoons. The deeper artists - the grunge artists in the world and the emoticon people - tend to leave all of the happiness out of life like it just doesn't exist.

I'm a writer, so I like dissecting things.

I've always said that I benefit, as an actor, from not having the illusion of security.

It's better to waste money, than it is to waste time. You can always get more money.

There is never hesitation about doing stand-up. It's just me doing my thing. Unlike being in a band or a play or something, I don't have to rely on anyone else but me.

If I could sew comedy and philosophy together, then I've done a good job. The primary goal is always going to be laughs and the secondary goal is always going to be saying something without it being a lecture.

I've been doing stand-up since I was 15 years old.

Political and social change is always a stagger-step process. One step forward, two steps back. They want you to give up.

If you are for freedom and equal rights, which we hear a lot of talk about these days, then you have to include the LGBTQ community in that. And if you're not willing to put your time where your mouth is, then I don't know quite what you mean by commitment in your life.

Jerry Springer' is just kind of the chubby, redneck version of throwing Christians to the lions.

I try to be as ignorant about things as I can.

People think that the arts are optional and they aren't. They teach a level of emotional depth that's equally important to mathematic skill. You can replace some math skills with a calculator if you know how to operate the thing, but there's no calculator for human interaction.

Truth be told, ginormous portions have become a pet peeve of mine.

Sometimes I play guitar like a frustrated drummer.

If you take anything I say with any seriousness whatsoever, go study Yang style tai chi. It will make you live longer.

I'm named after a computer and grew up really interested in them.

If 'Airplane!' comes on, it's like a comfort film. You can always guarantee a laugh watching that movie.

The name 'Charmageddon' actually comes from a social technique that I use. Which is, you know, literally obliterating people with charm so that you can get away with saying stuff that no one else could ever get away with, you know?

If I could sew comedy and philosophy together, then I've done a good job. The primary goal is always going to be laughs and the secondary goal is always going to be saying something without it being a lecture. I think it's important to have substance for what you're saying.

Other kids would sneak out of the house to go to parties and do untoward things. I was sneaking out to do standup downtown. It paid off.

Political and social change is always a stagger-step process.

Tori Amos had a major influence on how I craft words in a song.

You would not believe how much time people waste in a day. And how little time they put into things they genuinely love.

Mainly, when I go see a show, unfortunately it's more industrial espionage than it is going to actually enjoy a show.

If I have anything, it's tenacity.

I'm a futurist. Technology is our way out of almost every problem we have. Technology can create a new sense of community.

Someone needs to remind American CEOs that if you can't run a company that is innovative, financially sound and doesn't poison the rest of us, You can't run a company.