I didn't worry if a bit got no response, as long as I believed it had enough response to linger.

They want me on the television shows now because I did so well on Celebrity Assholes.

When you're touring and if you go to a party, there's automatically a celebrity-audience distance. It follows you around, especially when you're on the road in small towns. Any time there is awe, it gets very difficult to be normal, to be yourself. But I'm not saying that that's what made me the way I am. I've probably always been distant.

The banjo is such a happy instrument--you can't play a sad song on the banjo - it always comes out so cheerful.

Women have choices, and men have responsibilities.

When I first started doing my stand-up act, I played the banjo, did comedy, magic tricks, juggled, read poetry. I stuck it all in. I didn't know you were supposed to just stand up and tell jokes. Essentially, that's what my act became: those five elements - except I dropped the poetry.

I'm always looking for something to engage my imagination and take me on a little mental voyage. I just want a new topic in my life.