I was influenced by a lot of stand-up comedians... Eddie Murphy back when he was doing 'Raw.' I watched that so many times as a kid, I can probably still quote the entire thing to this day. Chris Rock. Dave Chappelle. George Carlin. A lot of the guys who were sort of edgy for their time.
When I was in top 40 bands, I always had to learn new material and new styles.
Ask what Time is, it is nothing else but something of eternal duration become finite, measurable and transitory.

