Autumn

My oldest daughter encourages me a lot. She helps with my material, and gives advice. A couple of things she's said that keep rattling in my head are...

• "You can be that good. You just have to believe." -- while watching Mitch Hedburg on TV
• "The best chance you have to succeed is to just be yourself."

Age and wisdom don't necessarily correlate. She said the above things when she was eight years old.

There are many other bits of wisdom, too. These are just the two that stand-out.

I often think of these words before I go onstage.