The Lord's our shepherd, says the psalm. But just in case, we better get a bomb.

Comedy is very important. For one thing, it keeps you sane. But it's not really a conversion. I mean, it's marginally a conversion, because if people tune in or go to a nightclub or even watch television, and hear that a lot of other people are laughing at something you thought was not funny, at least it'll force you to reconsider.

In my youth there were words you couldn't say in front of a girl; now you can't say 'girl.'

You can make fun with Saddam Hussein jokes ... but you can't make fun of, say, the concentration camps. I think my target was not so much evil, but benign stupidity people doing stupid things without realising or, instead, thinking they were doing good.

Laughter is involuntary. If it's funny you laugh.

If, after hearing my songs, just one human being is inspired to say something nasty to a friend, or perhaps to strike a loved one, it will all have been worth the while.

Don't solicit for your sister, it's not nice. Unless you get a good percentage of her price.