I worry about ridiculous things, you know, how does a guy who drives a snowplough get to work in the morning. ... That can keep me awake for days..

Life is supposed to be fun. It's not a job or occupation. We're here only once and we should have a bit of a laugh..

I used to be a folk singer, but I was... dreadful. I had a voice like a goose farting in the fog..

Sometimes there's a tackiness about Route 66 that out-tacks any tackiness I've ever seen anywhere else. And the Meramec Caverns are the pinnacle of t….

If I had a hammer, there'd be no more folksingers..

I’ve come in and out of America for… well, I’ve lived here for 15 years. And I’ve played here for nearly 30 years. On and off. But I’ve always played….

I don't have wild dogs chasing people with scripts away from my door. I get my share. I've done okay. But I usually do independent stuff because that….

I think of my life as a series of moments and I've found that the great moments often don't have too much to them. They're not huge, complicated even….

I think comedy is difficult, and I'm amazed so many people want to do it. I'll be buying jeans and somebody will say, "I'm a comedian" - the guy sell….

Try to live in a place you like..

I don't believe in angels, no. But I do have a wee parking angel. It's on my dashboard and you wind it up. The wings flap and it's supposed to give y….

For me, it's about the desire to win. My audience becomes a crowd of wild animals and I have to be the lion-tamer or be eaten..

Don't vote, it only encourages them..

I think my securities far outweigh my insecurities. I am not nearly as afraid of myself and my imagination as I used to be..

I'd always been scared of people with tertiary education and high intellects in case they found me wanting. I thought they viewed me as just a welder….

Avoid people who say they know the answer. Keep the company of people who are trying to understand the question..

Never trust a man, who when left alone with a tea cosey... Doesn't try it on..

I just believe in the movie. I don't care what the book was like. I don't care what the previous film was like or other films were like. I care only ….

Don't buy one of those baby intercoms. Babies pretend to be dead. They're bastards, and they do it on purpose..

There's no such thing as bad weather - only the wrong clothes..

I set out to be a cross between Lenny Bruce and Robert the Bruce - my main thrust was the body and its functions and malfunctions - the absurdity of ….