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

My dad is actually a manic depressive, which is very exciting half the time.

I think the reason Jesus is so popular, just on a celebrity level, is that he died at the peak of his career.

I'm a guy that after having experience in radio and stuff, if I can trust the people I'm working with, I get a real thrill with working with other people who are good at what they do.

Once I learned how to talk, personally, by myself to any number of people, which means do radio without talking to anyone in particular on the air - I just found that my brain became very free to engage in a sort of stream-of-consciousness style of doing what I do.

Maybe depression is the most reasonable response to all the crap around us. Maybe it's the happy people who need medication.

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.'