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If it's total freedom, I guess the ultimate thing you can go into is total silence between the audience and performer, with the performer projecting something he doesn't even have to play. ”
Maybe other musicians are interested in different things, maybe they have greater monetary concerns. I hear people who have not changed, who haven't elevated anything, who are the same as they were back in the '50s and '60s. ”
You have got to stress the freedom of music to really branch out and be universal. ”
I did a Broadway show with Alan Alda and how much money can Alan Alda have. ”
Stand-up will always be my favorite and the most important thing that I do. I view everything else as free money. ”
I'm always asked how my husband is feeling about my success with a note of concern. He feels great. It's not hard to feel good about your spouse making money. ”
I think one of the hardest things to talk about as a comic is having money because it's so unrelatable. ”
In times of uncertainty - whether it's economic, psychological, emotional, or philosophical - people often say that the only thing we can truly control is our attitudes. If that's true, then I'm going to spend today walking my 14-year-old dog on a free beach and treasuring the fact that she's still alive. ”
In college, girls would come up to me: 'I want your calves.' It just makes me laugh. I guess people pay a lot of money to have the types of bodies athletes have. ”
It's important to produce economic development. Fundamentalism develops even faster with misery. ”