I grew up in New York wanting to be like those funny men in the movies and on the radio.

Would a fly without wings be called a walk?

We've learned how to make a living, but not a life. We've added years to life, not life to years.

I don't think we really gave barbarism a fair try.

I never go anywhere or do anything that transports me outside the boundaries of my mind.

There was about a two-year period at the end of the '60s, when I realized I was in the wrong place and entertaining the wrong people with the wrong material and that I was not being true to myself. I went through a metamorphosis into something more authentic for me, a more authentic stage voice and writing voice.

When you're high, it's easy to kid yourself about how clever certain mediocre pieces of material are.