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Are you going to take a break now?
Jack Black: “No! We’ve got a grind coming up. Going to New York and do Letterman. We’re going to go to London and do Jonathan Ross and premiere in London, and come back and rehearse hard with our band. We’ve got a full band now. When we go on tour, it’s not just me and Kyle anymore.”
If you guys had to rock off against each other to save your souls, who would win?
Jack Black: “If we ever had a mountaintop battle…”
Kyle Gass: “I think we did one time.”
Jack Black: “A Cage match? Well, it depends. If Cage is going to come out and we’re going to say, ‘Choose your weapon, we’ll only use singing,’ I would probably slay him. But if he says, ‘Step into the cage and let’s go guitar battle,’ Cage would definitely kick my a**.”
Kyle Gass: “That’s the title of my solo album.”
Jack Black: “Step into the Cage?”
Kyle Gass: “Yeah, I like that.”
So why is Tenacious D the greatest rock band in the world?
Jack Black: “We have never said that we are the greatest rock band in the world. Other people have said it and it’s always flattering, but the reason we are great, or whatever you want to call us, I think is because of our chemistry, Kyle and I. Sometimes you get lucky. Me and Kyle stumbled upon each other and immediately it was apparent that when me and Kyle were friends walking down the street, it was like peanut butter and chocolate, lightning and thunder. Together we’re ten times the rock beast that we are alone. We’re not just twice as powerful when we’re together, but ten times as powerful. Like a rock transformer.”
How is Kung Fu Panda going?
Kyle Gass: “That is rock and roll.”
Jack Black: “I’m just a voice. It’s a sweet gig if you can get it. You go in like once a month, a few hours, once a month for eight years. At the end there’s a f**kin’ great cartoon and you are the star of it. It’s a sweet gig.”
Are you the Kung Fu Panda?
Jack Black: “[In big Panda voice] I am the Kung Fu Panda! I haven’t seen them in a few months, though. I hope it’s still happening. Maybe they scrapped it and it’s the Kung Fu Giraffe starring someone else now. Maybe they’re waiting to see what happens with this movie. This one might ruin my career as an entertainer for children.”
