The battle with the bottle is nothing so novel.

I started with rock n' roll and...then you start to take it apart like a child with a toy and you see there's blues and there's country...Then you go back from country into American music...and you end up in Scotland and Ireland eventually.

It's a dangerous game that comedy plays. Sometimes it tells you the truth; sometimes it delays it.

I knew I was in trouble, but I thought I was in hell.

I'd been to Memphis before, but we stayed out of Memphis early on in the late 70s for obvious reasons. People were very sensitive about Elvis Presley, and my stage name obviously would be provocative to some people in that area at that time.

Living a very long time would be a very scary thing.

Funny, now I can see, how looks can be deceiving.