Show business is one of the few businesses that the devil will actually agree to own just a portion of your soul because he knows if you have a performer's ego you were probably working for him all along.

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I think seeing Pryor's first movie, Live In Concert, when I was in high school...

I think seeing Pryor's first movie, Live In Concert, when I was in high school...

The demand for standup in the eighties was created by how easy it was to...

The demand for standup in the eighties was created by how easy it was to...

There are also always those burnt, hard kernels at the bottom that don't pop. You...

There are also always those burnt, hard kernels at the bottom that don't pop. You...

It may have lost its special-ness forever and the clubs might not being doing well...

It may have lost its special-ness forever and the clubs might not being doing well...

We need the children of Indonesia and the Philippines to manufacture our freedom of choice.

We need the children of Indonesia and the Philippines to manufacture our freedom of choice.

I'm sad to see the passing of the great drug warriors. I certainly did my...

I'm sad to see the passing of the great drug warriors. I certainly did my...

The bile makes it better. I am an information wasting machine - 100s of words...

The bile makes it better. I am an information wasting machine - 100s of words...

When you actually meet the devil and he offers you a deal most artists eventually...

When you actually meet the devil and he offers you a deal most artists eventually...

Surveillance induced morality: relics of cultural retardation.

Surveillance induced morality: relics of cultural retardation.

Comedy is obviously a matter of personal taste and the world always needs a clown...

Comedy is obviously a matter of personal taste and the world always needs a clown...

The Internet has usurped the collective unconscious and access to cosmic consciousness has become difficult...

The Internet has usurped the collective unconscious and access to cosmic consciousness has become difficult...

When I was a bit older I had all of the George Carlin records, all...

When I was a bit older I had all of the George Carlin records, all...

Is it hard to make a living in show business? Yeah.

Is it hard to make a living in show business? Yeah.

The development of the comedy club industry destroyed the uniqueness and intimacy of the profession...

The development of the comedy club industry destroyed the uniqueness and intimacy of the profession...

On some level any appearance on Television can be seen as a product endorsement.

On some level any appearance on Television can be seen as a product endorsement.

In the sixties and seventies you could probably name all the great comics. It was...

In the sixties and seventies you could probably name all the great comics. It was...

Have you ever had one of those moments when you look up and realize that...

Have you ever had one of those moments when you look up and realize that...

As a performer you are being used to keep people watching so the commercial endorsements...

As a performer you are being used to keep people watching so the commercial endorsements...

I didn't know that people compared Bill Hicks and I but certainly I'm flattered if...

I didn't know that people compared Bill Hicks and I but certainly I'm flattered if...

I think that standup has always been an acquired taste and there was always only...

I think that standup has always been an acquired taste and there was always only...