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At the end of the day, there's only a few major stars in the music business, and then there's all these people that are aspiring to be that.

When I was growing up, I wanted to do Letterman and I loved that live, in-studio model. I still would do something like that.

Because of the audience I get and the fact that these people aren't traditional comics buyers I don't think the comic industry looks at that and thinks that is a very respectable thing. I'm very used to it. I'm not the guy who wins awards and gets mentioned in magazines.

I consider myself a serious musician. Doing a comedy show does not take away from that in any way.

I used to have a theory actually that, if you've had a good childhood, a good marriage and a little bit of money in the bank, you're going to make a lousy comedian.

When I started, you didn't make a lot of money by being a comedian. You didn't get a lot of respect.

I'm lucky that a lot of my friends are in the entertainment industry.

It never dawned on me that I had the option of becoming a comedian. I come from a little dirt street town in northwest Texas, and they really don't talk about the arts there much on career day.

Most music careers slowly but surely go down.