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I have the audience I deserve. Or at least I have the audience that represents the kind of people that I like.

My job as a performer is to make sure that whatever happens in a performance lives in somebody else, that it's memorable... If you forget tomorrow what you heard yesterday, there's really not much point in you having been there - or me, for that matter.

The audience, the place you're in, has everything to do with how your performance goes.

You've got to keep your finger on the pulse of what your audience is thinking, and know what they'll accept from you.

The good and wonderful thing about my whole career is that I've always felt that the audience, if I do it well, will track wherever I go, whether it's President or a lawyer or bad guy or good. All I have to do is execute the material enough where they buy into it. I've had the great luxury of the audiences accepting that.

My audience was my life. What I did and how I did it, was all for my audience.

I think that if an audience is truly appreciative of a performance, they will show it. Sometimes though, there are little differences, and there are audiences that are very reserved even though they are enjoying the show.

If you don't get feedback from your performers and your audience, you're going to be working in a vacuum.