“I looked at longevity in show business when I was about 13, and the people who seemed to have longevity were the ones who'd spent quite a bit of time learning about what they were doing before they made it.”
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When I wake up on a Monday morning and I realise I don't have to go and work at the civil service, I really think I've won.
When I turned about 12 or 13, I realised that being funny wasn't about remembering jokes. It was about creating them.
Let the master praise him, and say, 'Here ye do well.' For, I assure you, there is no such whetstone to sharpen a good wit, and encourage a will to learning, as is praise.
I took the process of doing as much myself as I could like a duck to water. I set up my own label and publishing, etc, and it was a fun learning curve two decades ago.