One of the things that comedy has given me over the years is a really good ability to laugh at myself and to not take things that don't matter too much too seriously. I feel that very little offends me anymore and I'm really grateful for that because I think I was a pretty uptight little kid.
Hatred, in the course of time, kills the unhappy wretch who delights in nursing it in his bosom.
This was during a period when I was producing Brazil '66 records and got infected by Brazilian music.

