It's a blue-collar city [Manchester] that's transitioning into a white collar place and people are getting priced out.

It's a whole new world as far as getting a show on the air. There's good things and bad things.

[I'm] more German than Irish.

I love my dog. I hate bankers. I have issues with women. In my head, I’m a great guy.

I was scared to death because for the comics of my generation, HBO specials are like the pinnacle. I'm thinking of all these unbelievable comedians I've seen on HBO: Chris Rock, George Carlin, Damon Wayans, Richard Pryor and Billy Crystal. I started having a panic attack seeing my name in that list of people. It was pretty overwhelming.

There is no reason to hit a woman. And I was just like, really? I could give you, like, 17 right off the top of my head.

I loved the [English] countryside. I went to John Bonham's grave.