I don't really have the gift of the sustained narrative that you need to write a book. I've tried a couple of times, and it just doesn't work. But I get some good passages, so what I'm going to do is just take sections out of them.

Every so often you have to increase your profile so you can let it lower again, like a balloon.

Comedy is what happens when you cross the dateline from the unbearable. Things become so unbearable they become a joke.

I could never be a professional comedian, 'cause you have to keep telling the same jokes. For me, they're like word solos.

The band is like a vintage car. You take it out to go for a spin for a couple miles, but you wouldn't drive across the country.

If you make money back from your record, you're doing it smart. It's an expensive hobby. I'm lucky enough to still make a living as a musician through live work and odd bits of royalties.

We have a need to be religious, we need to worship, we need to build totems and shrines and icons, but nobody's sure in honor of what.