Some people are born with a brain that has this weird, magical mathematical thing that makes them an amazing jazz musician.

I mean, I'll say the filthiest things in the world, but when it comes down to it, I'm kind of a prude.

No, I don't know any Emily Dickinson poems!

I think the people that are best at something, they don't think about it much. That's the whole key to being good at anything.

I'm not that professional.

I always find it kind of more interesting when people ask questions like, "What were you like as a kid?" Or just kind of personal history stuff, like, "What was the lowest point of your life?" Because that would be like, "Huh, well, I'd have to think about that one." And then give an honest answer. I think a lot of people don't want to give honest answers, or they just are in business showbiz mode when they're talking about stuff, so that's probably why a lot of that kind of thing doesn't get asked.

The thing that's important for me to focus on is the balancing of the tension between satisfying myself and satisfying an audience, and making something that I think is good and funny, worthwhile, small-"i" important, versus something that's going to do well.