The bulk of my fans are my age, and I'm aging at the same rate they are. That makes me relevant. They like hearing what I have to say. I work hard at it, but it's addicting, really.

If you look at the common denominator of all the comics who have had big success, it's being true to their nature... that's what takes a long time to learn.

My goal is just to become a better comedian.

I do live like a rock star, but it's not as great as it sounds. It's a lot of traveling.

Diamonds - that'll shut her up... for a minute!

I was so in love with the idea of making people laugh for a living that I didn't care what I had to do to get there. Or how much money I was going to make when I did get there.

You know, my first album, some of those jokes I'd done for twelve years because I couldn't throw 'em out.