91 Quotes by Sam Kinison

It was great to be the rock comic, the shock comic. But after you’ve played Giants Stadium with Bon Jovi in front of 82,000 people, after you’ve done the ‘Wild Thing’ video with Jessica Hahn and every rock band from hell, you’re not gonna top that.

When has stand-up comedy been kind to anyone? It goes after anyone who’s the target. Comedy attacks, man.

I want to show people that there’s a side of myself other than just the outrageous comedian.

With any other celebrity, people come up and say, ‘Hey, I really like your work.’ But with my fans, when they see me, they don’t even say hello. They just go, ‘AWWWWWGHGHHHGHGHRRR!’

I started saying things in church that didn’t meet with a lot of approval – like ‘Jesus isn’t coming back.’ They started throwing Bibles.

I don’t deny my life-style is occasionally pretty wild.

So many of these comics are just frustrated singers or actors – they want to get a gig doing a sitcom. It’s paint-by-the-numbers comedy, lame joke-telling. They’re drawn to it as a career move.

I’d rather entertain people than offend them.

I’m responsible. I even did a commercial for MTV saying how I was going to register to vote. And I still haven’t.