“I kinda see everyone as competition. I'm a very competitive person. But I think that's good. Competition is great. And as long as it's friendly and not a malicious thing, then I think it's cool.”
“Jackie Gleason said that comedy is the most exacting form of dramatic art, because it has an instant critic: laughter.”
“We converse as we live by repeating, by combining and recombining a few elements over and over again just as nature does when of elementary particles it builds a world.”
“I love working with people who are inspired and obsessive.”
“I like reading Ball Tongue lyrics and all that stuff. And they published a book, and I wouldn't give my lyrics, and it's all wrong in the book, and I giggle. It's funny.”
“Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.”
“In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can.”
“Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.”
“Let me just say: Peace to you, if you're willing to fight for it.”
“After a gig I always head back to the hotel, remembering granny's words of wisdom. I cancel the late-night pizza and watch the Jonathan Ross show instead.”
“I was 17 when I left the small Maine town where I'd grown up. I wanted to do something I thought was important with my life, so I headed to California and didn't look back.”
“I didn't like England. I couldn't take the look of the place or the style of friendship. I need more intimacy from people than is considered okay there, and I felt that my personality and my enthusiasms weren't understood. I had to put a big lid on myself.”
