What if life is just a cosmic joke, like spiders in your underwear.

I'm getting old, don't wear underwear, and I don't go to church.

I know I should be leaving this climate, I've got a verse, but can't rhyme it.

I made a deal with the devil for a whole lot of money.

And I try to give the best bang for the buck. I love performing more than anything else.

Instinct taught me 20 years ago to pace a song or a concert performance. That translates into pacing a story, pleasing a reading audience.

My voyage was never a well-conceived plan, nor will it ever be. I have made it up as I went along.