If you look at the common denominator of all the comics who have had big success, it's being true to their nature... that's what takes a long time to learn.
People are saying that I'm an alcoholic, and that's not true, because I only drink when I work, and I'm a workaholic.
When I was 20, I used to go around telling stories, and I knew where I was comfortable - onstage, talking, making 'em laugh and listen to the weirdest things. I liked being the center of attention.
I'm not the judge of who that is, but I am a believer that no debt in the universe goes unpaid. If you try to buy early, you'll pay late.
You know, my first album, some of those jokes I'd done for twelve years because I couldn't throw 'em out.
Anything I write that I consider stage-quality work, I won't give my TV show. I put it in my live show.