I really understood a lot more about comedy after listening to Bill Hicks, who died at 32 years old. He’s probably the best comedian who ever lived. Although you can’t say that because of Carlin, Cosby and Pryor.
RON WHITEMy show is more storytelling now than it’s ever been. It’s what I’m good at.
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I was by far the least popular of the Blue Collar crew when we started. There was a definite pecking order, and everybody knew it.
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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.
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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 want my fans to feel like we’re always in touch. Because without ’em, I wouldn’t be able to do any of this.
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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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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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Other states are trying to abolish the death penalty… mine’s putting in an express lane.
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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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You can’t fix stupid.
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I go to more open mic nights than open mikers.
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As long as I stay engaged with everybody else, then I’ll create more comedy. It’s just when I shut off and stay at home… What helps me is just to keep moving.
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I was a little one-trick pony. I do what I’ve always done. That’s really where my best stuff comes from. I don’t know how it happens. It just happens.
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I get e-mail from all over the world, and from lawyers and doctors and whoever – plumbers and drywall hangers.
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My show is more storytelling now than it’s ever been. It’s what I’m good at.
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People, when they go on stage, tend to be animated and try to force things out instead of relaxing and bringing it in.
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