But the throat just kind of falls into line once you realize in your head what it is. You got to remember the musicality of a character you're going to do.

I don't have that much of an ego where it's like "How dare you, you can't do something without me."

Well, I happen to have a love of vocal reproduction devices.

You have to have some kind of power of observation, almost like a trained observer.

John Kricfalusi is very talented; he used to really piss me off. But I did good work, you know? The Ren & Stimpy show without me was totally unsuccessful. So if there's anybody listening out there with any doubts about what I can do for a show: Try me. The thing is, I wasn't about to stop doing a job.

As long as I can apply my craft, I'm happy.

I was basically a sound engineer, I produced radio shows and stuff and had to splice tape in the old days. And you knew a sloppy edit when you heard it, because I had enough of them. But that stuff takes the magic out of it, if you need to know everything. Then you become omnivorous. Everything is tender, and as soon as you burn it up, you're on to the next.