The enjoyment has been diminishing. Now, there's no question that it's sort of fun to get high.

I'm not in show business because I don't have to go to the meetings, I'm just not a part of it, I don't belong to it. When you "belong" to something. You want to think about that word, "belong." People should think about that: it means they own you. If you belong to something it owns you, and I just don't care for that. I like spinning out here like one of those subatomic particles that they can't quite pin down.

One of the effects it [cocaine] had on my personality - my moods, my behaviors - was that it inhibited me a lot. It kind of took possibilities out of my world, and made the focus of things very narrow.

Barry Goldwater has definitely decided to be a candidate in '64. He will campaign in all thirteen states.

Y'ever notice how you never seem to get laid on Thanksgiving? I think it's because all the coats are on the bed.

Baby boomers helped me a great deal in my career. They launched me. They were there for me to sing my song to. And I'm not saying I'm better than anyone, but I think they turned that anti-authority baby boom mentality into their own enemy. Now I identify very closely with their children.

The first obligation I have is to be funny; it's my first impulse and an instinct. I like being funny and finding the jokes.