My father when walked into a room, you could tell that everybody loved him. They really did. He was quite a man. My mother was more into the show biz atmosphere than he was.

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.

Half the battle is that people have to like you before you say one joke, one bit of humor.

Struggling is hard because you never know what's at the end of the tunnel.

When you stand alone and sell yourself, you can't please everyone. But when you're different, you can last.

I don't do impressions.

I never could tell a joke. I just started talking to the audience, and when the drunks would yell, "Hey, when do the broads come on?" I got good at saying, "Relax. Clear your skin up first." They called me "the insult guy," but it's never mean-spirited. I'm just exaggerating everything about us and about life.