I guess because I was on the 'Early Show' for so many years, any little victory here is something kind of new for me.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
When people come and see my show, I try to infuse into them that they can walk away feeling like their lives are a victory.
My first show was called 'I Know I've Been Changed' in '92. I tried to do this show for years and years. It kept failing over and over and over again. Every time I went out to do the show, nobody showed up. I was like, 'What is this about?'
I still feel driven to try to make great shows and to make each episode great.
When we started, we knew the show was going to be hit or miss, and we needed to find a core audience to really make us survive. And I think we've been able to do that.
My first show was 'No Exit.' You couldn't find a more pretentious beginning, but it also instilled some sense of quality.
In my early shows, I wanted to put myself through a new childhood, disintegrating my whole identity to let the real one emerge.
Things have changed so much. People walked away from a simple life we had in the '20s and '30s, and I am glad that I am able to touch that period in our lives with the shows that I do and with the music that I do.
It is strange when you're a loser in college, which I was, to then get your own show.
My show was revolutionary, ground-breaking. When I came on the scene, people were not doing a thing.
We were all novices. We really were. We didn't know a goddamn thing about doing a show.