Is there any indication we shouldn't be depressed - are you living on the same planet that I am? Do you ever think that depression might be the reasonable human response to the crap we're going through as a species, meant to propel us into the next evolutionary step, or at least into taking some different course of action so we might survive? Do you ever think that maybe it's the happy people that are really screwed up in the head?

I think that standup has always been an acquired taste and there was always only a handful of performers that were really inspired.

On some level any appearance on Television can be seen as a product endorsement.

Your insecurity and neediness is what makes you a big neurotic ball of comedy genius.

I didn't know that people compared Bill Hicks and I but certainly I'm flattered if they do. I knew Bill a bit. We had dinner a couple of times and played guitar together once. I really tried to keep my distance from him professionally.

I was also a big Woody Allen fan. When I got into college I listened to Lenny Bruce but it's taken me years to put him into context historically and really get what he did.

I'm weird; I have a very strange emotional memory. I really somehow hold on to even passing moments with people.