“One of my greatest inspirations for stand-up was Jonathan Winters. He ...” — Robert Klein Quote

“One of my greatest inspirations for stand-up was Jonathan Winters. He was a genius. One thing about him, and also Lenny Bruce, is that they were in the tradition of the one-man show. That's why Richard Pryor was so great, and George Carlin, too. They prowled the stage, they used voices, they were really talents.”

“My 1974 album 'Mind Over Matter' was a detailed thing about Watergate. I always had some righteous indignation.”

“I did the first HBO special ever in 1975 at Haverford College. Cable was new then: HBO was a Time-Life entity, with maybe 400,000 or 500,000 subscribers and maybe 50 employees.”

“I would cry if I met Bruce Springsteen, man. I don't think I'd be able to handle it.”

“I'm an old rock and roll buff. I love Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty.”

“Thanks to people like Lenny Bruce and George Carlin, it's real freedom to do stand-up comedy.”