When I started, I was doing all the good comedians I'd ever seen. Then I developed my own voice. My routines are my natural way of looking at the world.

I s'pose, I can't have it all my own way, can I? You can't drown in a person unless they let you.

My music is my way to rearrange the world according to my own hopes.

I don't want to sound like the old guy, but cynicism is a potential danger. It colors our way of looking at the world.

From now on, I'll connect the dots my own way.

It was a decision to work clean. I just prefer to work that way. I have no problem with comedians who don't work that way. There was a temptation in the early '70s to reconsider. I decided against it.