I've got no dark secrets, I wasn't beaten up, my parents were kind to me and there was a low crime rate where we lived. Maybe that's where the comedy comes from, as some sort of reaction to the safe, boring suburbs.

If you set up an environment where failing is encouraged then you want to try everything. It's obviously the best way to work.

You have to listen a lot, and you have to be open and ready to adjust to anything. It kind of provides a framework that you use all the time. You never really shut off that part of your brain when you're doing something. It's invaluable to have.

I've always associated consciousness with artists like Bob Marley or Joni Mitchell or Bob Dylan. You know, artists that really talked about what was going on in the world and really artists that are timeless.

A lot of the times you read something and you don't realize that you are going to have to do the things that you read.

I hate when new parents ask who the baby looks like. It was born 15 minutes ago, it looks like a potato

Personal philosophy: Clothing optional