I became a clown when these docs came to the house in Berkeley and asked me to come cheer up kids. I'd just had my third spinal fusion and I was looking for something to take my mind off the pain I was in.

Laughter is the valve on the pressure cooker of life.

The 90's are the 60's standing on their head.

To let the people know there was life beyond Shirley Dean, we decided to focus on voter registration; each day I set up my card table somewhere in the district, signed people up, and passed out noses.

A clown I knew who was retiring from Ringling Brothers gave me his giant shoes, and somebody else made me a clown suit.

There are no mistakes and it's never boring on the edge of imagination, which is only pure spirit having a bit of fun.

you aren't what you eat - you are what you don't poop.