After twenty plus years of performing hundreds of shows a year, I prefer to try things out on stage rather than for friends. I don't see the benefit in that, really.

Louis CK went from a writer/comedian to winning Emmys for his own show because he works his ass off.

The blues is a hopeful music. It helps you process something rather than avoid it. It's like mourning, in essence.

A person riding a unicycle on a tightrope doesn't worry about being likeable; they're doing something amazing that very few people can do.

Comics can definitely be subversive on the whole, but it's a stylistic thing.

Laughing at something is a form of accepting it or at list making peace with it.

I don't know that I have a single comedy philosophy. But talking about things that matter to you is a good place to start. Listening is a big part of it, too.