A technique I developed quite naturally to help me make smooth transitions was to use a word or phrase from the next routine in the preceding one.

I don't think that comedians have a tradition of trashing the next generation.

Being a professional comedian is doing it right and good, when you don't feel like it.

When I saw a sign on the freeway that said, "Los Angeles 445 miles," I said to myself, "I've got to get out of this lane."

Evaluate every performance on: stage presence, concentration, delivery, material and lessons learned.

This whole urban rap thing needs to be pulled back some. The ghetto is being glorified, and there's nothing good about the ghetto except getting out of one.

Moving to Australia was not a career move, but a quality of life issue. It has no guns, no God, and no gangster rap. As an Ethiopian cab driver said to me the other day when I was returning from a gig in Sydney, Australia is a peaceful, democratic place. I like the relatively stress free lifestyle. It's worth the drop in income.