I Am A Minimalist. I Like Saying

You Should Have A Value System. You Can Win If You Stick With Your Value System.

You Shouldn't Get Too Close To The Truth, Because Then Maybe You Stop Being Funny.

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.

I Gave Up Accounting. I Went In For About Six Months Writing Ad Copy. I Was Fired From That, And Then Another Guy And I Did A Kind Of Poor Man's Bob And Ray Kind Of Syndicated Radio Show. Then I Decided To Stick It Out And See What Happened. I'd Give It A Year, A Year Became Two Years, And Then Two Years Became Three Years, And Then Along Came The Record Album.

I Think Everyone Probably Starts Out Sounding Like Someone Else, But Gradually You Develop Your Own Sound.