The thing about the banjo is when you first hear it, it strikes many people as what's that? There's something very compelling about it to certain people.

I just respected comedians whether they were or they weren't, from, you know, new or old.

You know, you're really nobody in L.A. unless you live in a house with a really big door.

I knew I wanted to be in comedy but the path of least resistance was doing stand-up in folk music clubs where I could get on stage. I guess you could get up no matter how bad you were and you didn't have to audition. You just got up. Everything else required an audition and if you auditioned for a TV show, you would stand in line with a hundred other people. But at the clubs, it was okay just to get up, so that's why I started in stand-up.

Performing music is a way to do comedy, but without the obligation to do a solid hour, hour and half of a standup. I could intersperse it with music, so it became a really good format for me.

So she viewed time spent in the land of the normal as an investigation into the world of marriage-worthy men, even if she was unsure about her own interest in marriage. There must be one solid citizen who also had a spark of life, a sense of humor and adventure.

There's no better way to learn something than to learn it in front of an audience. Your terror drives you.