I also do a certain amount of talking through material on stage, to see what happens and allow interesting ideas to manifest.

Opening for Louis C.K. during his "Hilarious" tour was a great experience for me. He is the generation just ahead of me, because he started so young. So it's like he's sort of a senior and I'm a junior, in terms of the business. He's done so much - from writing on Conan and Chris Rock to writing and directing movies, having his own HBO show, "Lucky Louie," and now having "Louie" on FX.

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

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

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

Not that that's the goal, but sometimes these funny insights can also be deeply profound.

Comedians are thinkers. The best ones are akin to philosophers, in my opinion.