The cultural mix that's happened in the United States is wonderful! Funny enough, one of the most wonderful things about it is that there is no American race.

Potentially, America is really the greatest, but it's not yet, I don't think. It's too much like an old-fashioned empire, waving the stick and dropping too many bombs on too many people.

The United States is a country where everybody can start again.

I find it hard to take rock groups very seriously or treat them with respect. There is something absurd about these gloomy young men getting together and banging away.

What keeps me going is a constant sense of disappointment with what I've already done.

I don't find the business easy. The moment you start talking about the business, you start sounding like someone in Spinal Tap.

I consider myself a sit-down comedian really, as much as anything else. I love comedy. Life is a cosmic joke.