Jamie Kilstein is amazing and I will be spreading the word. He has the spark that energized my conscience. We need more comedians kicking it hard the way he does every night

One day [when I relapsed] I walked into a store and saw a little bottle of Jack Daniel's. And then that voice - I call it the 'lower power' - goes, 'Hey. Just a taste. Just one.' I drank it, and there was that brief moment of 'Oh, I'm okay!' But it escalated so quickly. Within a week I was buying so many bottles I sounded like a wind chime walking down the street.

I've always improvised, and stand-up was this great release. All of a sudden, it was just me and the audience.

We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race.

You'll notice that Nancy Reagan never drinks water when Ronnie speaks.

Being in the same room with people and creating something together is a good thing.

Keith Richards is the only man who can make the Osbournes look Amish.