All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
There's a certain urgency that comes from the records of the early 60s before overdubbing and multitracking came into play.
Years have passed since I have set foot in a comedy club. If the comic is doing badly it's painful, and if the comic is doing brilliantly, it's extremely painful.

