I've never been able to tell jokes. In the beginning of my career I did impressions and jokes like any other comedian, but I was never very successful because I did it poorly. So I started to talk to the audience and started talking about the atmosphere around me and started to become angry, not in a mean-spirited way, but in a fun way - and my attitude developed from there.

Sex is great, but when you get to be my age, you've got to pace it a little bit. Otherwise you get tired.

Show business is my life. When I was a kid I sold insurance, but nobody laughed.

Everything I do on stage, I made up in saloons. I started doing it in front of people, and that became my performance. I never had writers.

I knew most of the people there who ran the places, a lot of wiseguys. They're all gone now. All good people.

I'm very shy so I became very outgoing to protect my shyness.

Who picks your clothes - Stevie Wonder?