It is a paradoxical statement, but it takes incredible personal discipline to play with great freedom.
Say what you will about Gypsy women, but they are remarkable assessors of blues guitar talent.
There are certain jokes that indicate how mainstream a comic is. If you're talking about how the side effects of drugs that they advertise on TV are worse than the actual illness they're supposed to prevent, that's like the hackiest joke out there now. If you're still doing that joke, that usually is an indicator of being mainstream, in a bad way.
It was early on when I was really focused and obsessed with doing The Tonight Show and Letterman and stuff like that. Then, I quickly realized that those things don't make or break a career.
I really shine in front of prominently Jewish crowds. Normally I really beat myself up, but as far as Jewish audiences go, I'm at the top of my game.
I hate nickels; they're quarter impersonators.
There's a kiss at the end of the rainbow more precious than a pot of gold.
Once upon a time they had some bad luck, and they blame everything on that.
The truth of the matter is, you die, all you do is die, and yet you live, yes you live, and that's no Harvard lie.
There is a good deal of solemn cant about the common interests of capital and labor. As matters stand, their only common interest is that of cutting each others throat.
I thank Henry James for the scene in the hotel room, that I stole from Portrait Of A Lady This particular scene is the most beautiful scene ever written.