Awkward, odd, and difficult situations will always present themselves. You just have to stay cool and work through them.
I like performing. I like partnering with an audience.
It creates community when you talk about private things and you can find other people that have the same things. Otherwise, I don't know, I felt very lonely with some of the issues that I had or history that I had. And when I shared about it, I found that others had it, too.
Life is a cruel, horrible joke and I am the punch line.
I do believe you're only as sick as your secrets.
Meryl [Streep] plays the me-ish character. I love Meryl. She's totally wonderful.
You're only as sick as your secrets. Either it comes out their way or my way. I talk about myself behind my back. And I'm funny about it.
There are times when the human face and body can express the yearning of the heart so accurately that you can, as they say, read them like a book. Do not abandon me.
Keep in mind that people change, but the past doesn't.
Here's a tip. If you touch a girl, even as joke, and she pushes you off, leave. . . her. . . alone. Don't touch her. Anywhere! Just stop. Your touch does nothing but sicken her.
I think one of the greatest compliments I've ever received was when a young kid came backstage at Joe's Pub, when I had the "Bronx In Blue" album out. He said, "What Jimmy Reed did for you, you do for me. "