Incongruity, they say, is one of the main ingredients of humor. Maybe its because everybody can feel superior to me. I honestly dont know. – Emmett Kelly
I want to be taken seriously as the type of musician that plays stuff like an electric rake. I mean, how seriously do you take someone like Spike Jones? They take him pretty seriously – a really good musician who made a great contribution in terms of humor, which is part of what I try to do too. – Eugene Chadbourne