The overarching issue, as I see it, is the elitism of America's political system; the fact that regular, ordinary Americans aren't considered in policy debates or legislation, and regularly get shafted by the powers-that-be in Washington.

I should get a weekend show where all I do is play country music.

The bias against the show is purely elitist. We're all like the people on the show - the difference is that some of us speak better, or were born richer. There's nothing that happens on my show that rich people don't experience.

I play a crazy talk-show host, but that's not me. It's like an actor playing a role.

We are all born as empty vessels which can be shaped by moral values.

I'm in shape, but only if you consider a circle a shape.

We can't just have mainstream behavior on television in a free society, we have to make sure we see the whole panorama of human behavior.