I try just to clear my mind. Put down the phone. Turn off the tv radio whatever. Just be quiet and don't talk to anyone and just go over the set in my head and see what new thoughts crop up. simply the act of thinking about something gets your mind ready in a big way.

I open my fucking stupid mouth and put water in it.

Well backstage has always been my area for me where I’ve always had high expectations of um…good times. I’ve always wanted to have it just right. I’m really into putting on some music that the whole audience can hear, and if I can do that, I’ll do that. Most of my backstage experiences are in these little rooms in comedy clubs. Now that I have a theater actual-backstage area, I would say my backstage preparation…I’m trying the massage technique, I brought a lady in who does massages on one of those chairs, you know those chairs? So I paid for her to come in for an hour, and everyone’s entitled to ten, fifteen-minute message, whatever they want. And I thought that helped me out. That was my l...[Read more]

I do it so much that I don't even think about it. I just go onstage. I perform at least once a night.