Then I started checking out blues albums from the library and playing the harp along with them.

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If you want to direct, you've got to work.

If you want to direct, you've got to work.

Basically, though, I'm just lucky to love what I do for a living.

Basically, though, I'm just lucky to love what I do for a living.

Pardon me for loitering in front of an orchestra.

Pardon me for loitering in front of an orchestra.

Believe me, nobody likes to loaf more than me.

Believe me, nobody likes to loaf more than me.

I'd like to come back because I really miss doing situation comedy.

I'd like to come back because I really miss doing situation comedy.

I'm really getting to appreciate traditional jazz now - the New Orleans stuff - a...

I'm really getting to appreciate traditional jazz now - the New Orleans stuff - a...

Kids are at my level. I like goofing around with them.

Kids are at my level. I like goofing around with them.

Yeah, the material's been good so far, although I'm sure there's got to be a...

Yeah, the material's been good so far, although I'm sure there's got to be a...

This happens to be that the power of laughter and love would beat out the...

This happens to be that the power of laughter and love would beat out the...

When I was a kid, I loved Popeye, but the old ones, the real old...

When I was a kid, I loved Popeye, but the old ones, the real old...

Social Security's future has gotten worse, and each year we delay reform adds to the...

Social Security's future has gotten worse, and each year we delay reform adds to the...

I don't need the bread, but it's nice to do something creative.

I don't need the bread, but it's nice to do something creative.

It was a fight for a very long time. After the end of the first...

It was a fight for a very long time. After the end of the first...

It was cool for a couple of weeks, but how much bad golf can you...

It was cool for a couple of weeks, but how much bad golf can you...

That was all Rose, and Rose knew what she was doing. Her main thing was...

That was all Rose, and Rose knew what she was doing. Her main thing was...

I'm just a lazy boy. I'd rather sit in my recliner and act.

I'm just a lazy boy. I'd rather sit in my recliner and act.

Like, every couple of months you read, they rewrite, you come back in, they've animated...

Like, every couple of months you read, they rewrite, you come back in, they've animated...

People in Medicaid ought to have access to the same insurance as the rest of...

People in Medicaid ought to have access to the same insurance as the rest of...

I flew into New York for the Raising Arizona audition, and we just started joking...

I flew into New York for the Raising Arizona audition, and we just started joking...

But I'm not as bad as Al Pacino - he doesn't even know what month...

But I'm not as bad as Al Pacino - he doesn't even know what month...