I used to do a lot of drugs. I didn't stop because I didn't enjoy them; I stopped because I couldn't handle the commitment. Marc Maron More Quotes by Marc Maron More Quotes From Marc Maron I think most other comics are like, 'I'm going to do my fkin' act and that'll be that.' With me, it's like, 'What if I forget my jokes? What if I can't pull it together? This is going to be a fking disaster!' Marc Maron what-if together thinking I know that the podcast is typically something I can do forever, because it's mine; it's just me and my producer and business partner, so it's our business. Marc Maron partners producers forever I sort of get tired of myself sometimes. When you're busy, your life becomes relatively small. But I don't really get tired of talking to other people. Marc Maron tired talking people There's something about cats' self-sufficiency and their seemingly individualistic ways that I find compelling. Marc Maron cat self way My cats, the ones that I have, were feral when I found them so the relationship that I have with them 10 years in is very mutual, earned, and evolved over time. It was never an easy thing. I like that they have a certain distance and have their own sense of selves. Marc Maron distance cat self I have a very primitive sense that if I just turn on a radio or the television, that somebody's playing that stuff for me. Marc Maron radio stuff television The Internet has usurped the collective unconscious and access to cosmic consciousness has become difficult and almost primitive. Marc Maron collective-unconscious internet consciousness What appealed to me was the intimacy of the medium, the fact that I was doing it from my home, and the fact that I wanted to talk. I was not there to plug things. I don't do a hell of a lot of research. I go on a sort of kindred-spirit bonding that preexists the interview, and just see what unfolds. Marc Maron research goes-on home I think that standup has always been an acquired taste and there was always only a handful of performers that were really inspired. Marc Maron inspired taste thinking We need the children of Indonesia and the Philippines to manufacture our freedom of choice. Marc Maron humor funny children I'm not fundamentally a writer. I know writers, and I have a tremendous amount of respect for them. It bothers me that no matter how well I do it, it's not really my format. Marc Maron wells matter bother I'm just very sort of compulsive and lack the ability to keep things in perspective. If I'm not writing or playing guitar or on the microphone or out on the road, I'm cleaning pots and pans or freaking out about some plumbing issue or tweeting. Marc Maron issues guitar writing I find that if I don't do interviews, I get a little squirrely. I think that when you engage with someone else, or when you engage in something you're passionate about, you're sort of out of your own head. Marc Maron passionate littles thinking I don't seek controversy. I don't seek to antagonize. Sometimes it happens, but I'm not there to argue politics. Marc Maron controversy arguing sometimes Hopefully standup will become special again. Marc Maron hopefully special I didn't know that people compared Bill Hicks and I but certainly I'm flattered if they do. I knew Bill a bit. We had dinner a couple of times and played guitar together once. I really tried to keep my distance from him professionally. Marc Maron distance guitar couple I don't really compartmentalize well. I'm in a state of anxiety and panic a lot, but it's for different reasons. It used to be because I had nothing going on, but I work very hard and there doesn't seem to be an end to it. Marc Maron panic anxiety different There are a lot of things that I'm allowing myself to be, but it's a conscious effort to experience contentment for me. My brain doesn't do that naturally. I'm very overwhelmed all of the time. Marc Maron effort contentment brain I'm weird; I have a very strange emotional memory. I really somehow hold on to even passing moments with people. Marc Maron passing-moments emotional memories It always astounds me that over the course of my career, and having lived in four comedy cities - New York, Boston, San Francisco, and Los Angeles - there's very few people I haven't run into. Marc Maron boston new-york running
