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.

When you actually meet the devil and he offers you a deal most artists eventually negotiate.

Hopefully standup will become special again.

I think sharing experience makes everything better. When people get talking about how they've overcome something or how they haven't, it's nourishing.

I don't seek controversy. I don't seek to antagonize. Sometimes it happens, but I'm not there to argue politics.

Conversation is a beautiful thing. When I was a younger guy, just wandering around talking to people was what kept me connected to the world.

It's not all about love. That's half of it... The other half is about that moment you have with yourself when you're looking in the mirror, and you just go, 'Oh man. I'm going to compromise my dreams, get fat, sick, old and die someday. I kind of want to have someone around for that.'