My life has been wild enough to derive all of the stories you need out of it. I’ve been through many, many years of behavioral problems, so I don’t really look outside for stories.
RON WHITEPeople are saying that I’m an alcoholic, and that’s not true, because I only drink when I work, and I’m a workaholic.
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I was a huge fan of comedy when I was a child.
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You know, my first album, some of those jokes I’d done for twelve years because I couldn’t throw ’em out.
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I have a very fun life. I don’t recommend it for anybody else, but it sure has been fun for me.
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I always found that the closer I got to who I really am, on stage, the more they responded to it.
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I don’t have a specific plan except for as long as people want to listen to me talk, I’m going to keep talking. I can’t imagine a life without doing standup.
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I’ve gathered some of my close musical and comedian friends, and we’re going to see if we can’t bring a few laughs to these soldiers, raise some money, and hopefully lift their spirits.
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My biggest pet peeve, I guess, is other comedians criticizing Larry the Cable Guy.
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I’ve never been one to look up the ladder. I’ve always looked down the ladder. As long as there’s one guy down there, I’m fine.
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I’m definitely guilty of thinking something is funny but thinking the audience won’t. Then three years later I will finally try it and it’ll kill them. I got to give them more credit.
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I don’t think we have a surplus of fine educators in this country that we can just start dropping them for no reason whatsoever.
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Let’s face it: a lot of my material comes from the stuff that happens to me on the road.
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I don’t know who in my family thinks very fast at all, including me. The things that people see me do onstage are written, so it doesn’t have to be very quick if you have all day with a pen.
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My opening acts are always really strong because I need a guy who can take on a big, big crowd. Which is not that easy to do.
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Pace, rhythm and timing. Pace, rhythm and timing is what it’s about. The content’s got to be great, but then it’s got to be delivered. It’s a tricky thing to do, and it takes a lot of work.
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I loved listening to laughter even as a little kid.
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