I believe in eight of the ten commandments. I believe in going to church every Sunday... unless there's a game on.

When people ask me, ‘how do you make it in show business,’ or whatever, what I always tell them — and nobody ever takes note of it ‘cuz it’s not the answer they wanted to hear…but I always say, ‘Be so good they can’t ignore you.’

I believe entertainment can aspire to be art, and can become art, but if you set out to make art you're an idiot.

I feel good about being able to take bluegrass on to television like 'Letterman' and 'The View,' and I've heard nice things about being able to do that. I really haven't felt any negativity toward me or my music.

Comedy is a distortion of what is happening, and there will always be something happening.

Writer's block is a fancy term made up by whiners so they can have an excuse to drink alcohol.

It [live performance] is just very difficult. Doing an hour, hour and a half of live standup is an endurance test. You almost have to do it every day to stay up on it.