Can we expect the usual mix of colourful anecdotes, jokes and general bawdiness on this tour?
Absolutely, it’s what I do. I can’t change, it’s very real, honest and the thing that keeps me different than anybody else. Sometimes I get the impression from some of the artier alt-rockers that they have disdain for the humorous elements, like I’m pandering or trying too hard to appeal, maybe playing to the lowest common denominator but my take is humor has always affected me as a sign of intelligence, I don’t trust those who don’t have it, like, um, Hitler for instance. Not that I really give a fuck, I just find it interesting. If anything, I’d like to get it bawdier, stir things up. I always thought, even in my formative listening years, that some comedy records, like Lenny Bruce or Richard Pryor, and some spoken word stuff I was hearing, like William Burroughs and Bukowski was a lot more “rock and roll” than the supposed rockers I was hearing on the radio. It’s been my goal to incorporate that into my act. It’s probably why I’m such a big Patti Smith fan. Did John Lennon ever actu
