But I Didn't Ask To Have Somebody

I Had A Good Loud Voice And I Wasn't Afraid To Be Goofy Or Zany.

You Have To Go Through The Falling Down In Order To Learn To Walk. It Helps To Know That You Can Survive It. That's An Education In Itself.

In '57, I Got A Job At The Blue Angel Nightclub, And A Gentleman Named Ken Welch Wrote All My Material For Me. I Lived At A Place Called The Rehearsal Club That Was Actually The Basis For A Play Called Stage Door.

I've Always Been Able To Recount Things And I Have A Really Good Memory About Dialog And What People Have Said Before And This And That.

But I Didn't Ask To Have Somebody Nose Around In My Private Life. I Didn't Even Ask To Be Famous. All I Asked Was To Be Able To Earn A Living Making People Laugh.