Karen O

Birthday: 22 November 1978, South Korea

Birth Name: Karen Lee Orzolek

Height: 168 cm

Karen O was born on November 22, 1978 in South Korea as Karen Lee Orzolek. She has been married to Barnaby Clay since December 2011. They have one child.

Being on the road with rock, it's pretty much 90 percent guys.

Well, Freddie Mercury is a really huge rock star in my head. I've always thought he was just so toug...Show more »

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. Show less «

Sophomore records are historically really difficult.

My onstage persona really is a persona, you know, and really the moment I step onstage, it kind of k...Show more »

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

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

I was a complete outsider in high school.

For me, California is all about rest, relaxation, space.

I feel like there's a hunger in the culture now for the live experience maybe as a counterpoint to t...Show more »

I feel like there's a hunger in the culture now for the live experience maybe as a counterpoint to the more sort of synthetic lives that we've been living. Show less «

Yeah, I can't separate the art from the music and the music from the art. I think that stems from go...Show more »

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. Show less «

Working pretty much nonstop as an artist, the hardest thing is to know what to do with yourself when...Show more »

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. Show less «

I feel like every five to seven years I really need to put myself in this position of discomfort and...Show more »

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. Show less «

You have to open up on stage.

I'm not a 21-year-old angsty self-destructive rapscallion anymore.

Bands that I've loved over the years are the ones that have a certain myth around them.

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

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

I'm in the camp that needs to discover and take risks, sometimes it's with the promise of something ...Show more »

I'm in the camp that needs to discover and take risks, sometimes it's with the promise of something special and new, sometimes it's to stay awake, either way it's much more stressful with all the uncertainty but worth the pain in the end. Show less «

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