Drinking was a big help with me making music, because drinking gives you courage. But it also makes you reckless, and that's the trouble.

What hurts people a lot is taking humiliation.

I play music a lot but on my own mostly, so it was nice to be around other people. There was a certain sense a relief in the physical act of just playing and being with other musicians.

I don't do live things.

I stopped drinking a few years ago, and drinking was a big help with me making music, because drinking gives you courage. But it also makes you reckless, and that's the trouble. You can get away with that your 20s, but not in your 60s, and I'll be 70 next year. Life is a small space now, much more intimate. I'm not out there in the world anymore, but I'm watching.

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

I'm just a very primitive, infantile folk singer.