Kenny G | Club Random with Bill Maher
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LinkedIn, the place to be, to be. Isn't a song of yours like played every day in China? It is. So they play that song at five o'clock and people hear it and go, time to go home. Freedom's just a word with nothing left to lose or the opposite, where mostly you get freedom because you have money. What do they say? They say liquor before beer, all clear.

Beer before liquor, quicker to sicker. Are you drinking wine with liquor? No, I'm going to drink this first and then that glass after. Then you're drinking wine with liquor. But this first. That's crazy. No, this first. Who does that? This is the rule. That's like something English actors used to do. Like Richard Burton would do that. They'd like...

Michael Caine would do that. They'd drink all morning and then they'd have wine at lunch. And then they'd perform perfectly. That's what you're supposed to do. You're supposed to have a hard liquor first. If you're going to go to wine, you go after. You don't go before.

That's what I'm told by the experts that drink in my band. I mean... There's a couple guys that really know how to drink, and they told me that's the rule. Liquor before beer. I mean, look, it's all poison. That's true. It is. I mean, the one thing about this that rings true to me is that people...

have this idea that somehow wine is health food and it's, it's probably not as bad, quite as bad as hard liquor, but it's the same shit. It's sugar and yeast. That's true. It's the, it's terrible for you. Liquor does not, I mean, wine is not good for you, but, um, what did I do with that thing? Okay. So, um,

I can't believe we got you here. No, thank you. I was campaigning to be on this show as soon as I saw it. Really? I'm such a fan of yours. Oh, thank you. Cheers. Seriously. Yeah, it's amazing that our paths have never really crossed. And we play a lot of the same venues. Really? Because when I hear you announcing your dates, I'm going, I play the Paramount in Seattle.

I play the Schnitzer in Portland. I play those places all the time. We play the same size venues. I was looking forward to talking to you just finding out, like, how are you-- like, what do you do on your day when you're preparing for your concert? How do you feel in the middle of your shows? And what do you do after the show's over? And that kind of stuff. Because I'm on the road since 1981. Right. I'm the ultimate baby. I can only do--

Yeah. One night. I do two cities, but stay over only one night. Oh. And every two weeks. Oh, gosh, that's nothing. You're not even on the road. I'm happy with that. Look, do I think that I'm, like, way better than comedians who sell more tickets? I actually do, but I'm not going to name names. I'm sure you do. And you can't... No. There's no accounting for taste. That's all I'm going to say. But...

No, I am such a baby. I can't be away from home. So, like, I'll do Seattle, and then I will stay over. The first night, I always make my agent make it a city that has, like, a great hotel, the bigger city. Where are you staying in Seattle? I don't know. That's my hometown, by the way. Oh, really? Yeah, I've been there. So I know Seattle well.

Yeah, I've always loved playing in Seattle. And it's a big city. It's a big city. I remember the first time I went there, oh, wow, I didn't realize Seattle was, wow. I love Seattle. Yeah, me too. Pike's Market, walk around there. Pike's Market, yeah. I know, right? Do you see where you watch them throw the fish?

Right? I don't remember it specifically. That's their whole thing. I'd be surprised if they didn't. No, they throw the salmon. Catch the salmon. They got all sorts of shenanigans with fish. They got a string with a fish that when I was a kid, and the fish does this thing that scares the shit out of you. I guess we already did the worst we could to the fish. So I feel bad for the fish, but I guess the fish is dead at this point. Okay, so like that's, but that's it. And then like,

I'll say I'll always be over that one night. So you want a good hotel that you can get a good night's sleep. Do you know where you're staying in Seattle? You don't know. No, but it's going to be someplace good. It's not going to be a day's inn.

No, the Four Seasons down by the Market's a pretty good hotel. Yeah, that's probably it. That's probably where you stay. I'm sure. Look, I paid my dues. I don't feel bad. I stay in crappy hotels. I do. No. I do. Why would you? Well, I'm bad. There's nine of us in the room. Oh, that's it. Yeah. I'm not paying $400 a night for rooms for nine guys every night. But you're the star. Why don't you stay in the Four Seasons? Really? You're like that? What, are you a communist? No.

No, but I'm one of the guys, one of the musicians. I am the guy, but I'm one of the guys. Well, that's very charitable. We all stay in the same place and we do the same thing. I'm just telling you, most people in show business would not operate that way. I know that. I don't think Diana Ross, and I don't blame her, stays in the same hotel as the band. Those guys, we've been the same band for 35 plus years. Same guys.

So they're my bros. I'm not going to be saying, hey, guys, you're staying in Holiday Inn and I'm going to Four Seasons. No way I'm going to do that.

I don't want to. I think I just found out where you and I differ. Because I would definitely do that. That's true. And I wouldn't feel terrible about it. And they wouldn't. And by the way, I don't think they would feel terrible about it either. I mean, that is beyond generous of you to do. But it is not necessary. I mean, look, the world is not a democracy. I understand. You know? Yeah. And bands are not a democracy. No, they're not. No. Not my band. No band is. No. You know?

I don't know about Metallica, they might be because- Well, we had a long discussion about that. It's very interesting about how the leadership of the band changes. Oh, I'm glad I don't have to deal with that crap, man. Right. It's my thing. Right. I'm in charge. I make all the decisions. It's great. I mean, like we had mentioned the Eagles. I mean, I remember watching that documentary and that was a lot about power dynamics. I mean, I referred to Glenn Frey as

not just the guitarist and the co-songwriter, he was also the general manager of the Eagles. He was always trading someone, you know, he was the general manager. He was changing the lineup and he would tell them, you know, either you sign this contract or you're out of the band, you know, just like a general manager to do. In the old days of the Yankees, you know, Mickey Mantle,

We're not paying you a dime more than $100,000 that you get on the field and trade you to the Reds. And that's the way they did it. Because Henley and Fry were the leaders. And they had, I'm sure, some clashes between them. But they never had a clash like it was them. No. How much those two maybe were tussling, we don't know. I don't know. But it was always them.

They were the bad. Their manager was my manager for a minute. Irving Ainsworth? Irving was my manager for a minute. But, you know. Really? Yeah. And what happened? I don't think I was, you know. At some point he goes, hey, listen, I'm going to hand you off to the next guy down on my roster. And I had a different manager, which worked out fine. But I'm surprised because, I mean, Irving is nothing if not a...

wonderful businessman who knows how to and enjoys making a lot of money. Yeah, yeah. He's smart. He's smart that way. And didn't you sell... I mean, you sold, like, more records than, like... Yeah, pretty much. You've sold... Pretty much. I mean...

You're on that big list. I'm on that list, yeah. So I'm surprised that Irving Azoff wouldn't want to have been dipping his beak into that list all these years. He's up here and then his other guys were here, but he was all part of the same company. Yeah, that's true.

That's true. No, I'm a big fan of his and what he's done with that band and all those people, but... Smart guy. Very smart guy. Yeah. You don't want to get on Irving's bad side. No. I'm not. I'm just saying I've seen how he is. I remember at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, John Henley said, he's Satan, but he's our Satan. That's right, yeah. That makes sense. I remember that. Wow, so you go back a ways. Yeah, I started in the 80s. Yes. Yeah.

Yeah, no, I started in the 70s. I played with Barry White when I was in high school. What?

Yeah, I played with Barry White. At the Paramount in Seattle. I was just talking to somebody about Barry White. Kids don't know who that is anymore. No, they don't. They don't understand it. So you blew on some of his... Yeah, I sure did. Yeah, I did. He loved the way I blew. Yeah, I don't blame him. You're great at it. So you were on records that I would know? No, not records. Just live. Oh, just live? I played a live gig in Seattle when he came to Seattle.

They wanted to put the Love Unlimited Orchestra together. So what they do is they get the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, they call it the Love Unlimited Orchestra, and what he needed was a sax soloist because I guess his guy-- 'cause he brings a rhythm section, all-black rhythm section and Barry White, and his sax player, I guess, couldn't make it, so they need to find the sax player. But the sax player had to read music but also be able to play soulfully. So all the black guys in Seattle

that could play soulfully didn't know how to read music. All the white guys in Seattle that knew how to read music didn't know how to play soulfully. - It's hysterical. - But in high school, I had this teacher that was connected somehow, and he told the people that were looking for the sax player, he goes, "There's this kid in my high school band. He can do it." So I got the gig.

At 17, I was on. 17? 17. I played these solos with Barry White. I got a standing ovation from the crowd. It was like my first ever gig. Were you playing on "My First, My Last, My Everything"? Yeah. All of them. All of those. Yeah. And the love theme. Nobody liked Barry White. I mean-- Oh, he was so great.

almost a parody of himself, you know, with the talking. I know. You know, and that voice. You know, it was, you could hardly parody it. It was so great. But when he got hold of a real, of a great record, it was just a great record. Yeah. I mean, some of those hits that he had. Oh my gosh. It was so fun to play him, and it was so fun to just be in that. That was my first pro gig. I never did anything professionally, and then I got paid.

And so what happened was my high school, Franklin High School in Seattle, was a very evenly mixed high school. One third black, one third white, one third Asian. And I was in the nerd band side. And every day at high school, I'd be walking down the hallways,

And the tough black guys would like push me up against the locker. "Hey white boy, give me some money." I go, "Gladly, gladly. Here you go. Here it is. Good. See you tomorrow. We'll do this again." - Really? - "I'll miss you until then." It happened every day. But when I played with Barry White, so all those guys had came to the Barry White concert and they're looking up on stage and they're seeing this guy that they'd been pushing up against the locker every day, playing these souls with Barry White. So when I went back to school on Monday,

It was a whole different ballgame. I was like a hero walking down the hallways. - So-- - Like, "Right this way, sir. Right this way." It was so different. This happened every day in high school? Almost every day. And how much money did you give them? No, it's like, you know, back in those days, like 50 cents, a dollar, whatever I had.

And they were okay with that? Yeah. And what if you didn't pay one day? I always paid. Because they would pick you up otherwise? I would presume that would happen. I asked my mom, I said, Mom, I just needed like 50 cents every day to go to school. So I brought my lunch to school every day. So this is happening to you when you're 15, 16? This is when I was 16, yeah. Okay. So how did it make you feel about race relations?

having that happen to you? I never thought one thing about it. You just said it's the black guys who do it to you and say, hey, white boy. Well, already there's a racial dimension to this story. That's true, but in the band, our band was all mixed, but white and black, so I had black friends, I had white friends. So it didn't embitter you? Not at all. Really? No. Okay, well, again, some people...

It's like interviewing Jesus, and you've got the same hair. I mean, you stay in the same hotel as your band. You don't have any... A lot of people would have, especially at that tender age, would have an animus. No. You know what I was thinking about? Practicing my sax, getting straight A's, which I did, and just doing my best. And I wasn't thinking about that. To me, it was just like a little, like...

You know, comma on the sentence that I just had to deal with. Tell me something shitty you've done, Kenny G. Oh, come on. You must have done some shitty thing in your life. Come on. Not really. Never once? Not like wanting to. No. Like what do you mean? I mean not like intentionally doing something shitty. Like involuntary manslaughter? You committed that? No. Like what? Like you...

No. I'm a good guy. I always think-- I always try to do my best. No, you must-- no. You have no regrets? That nothing you-- oh, jeez, I can't believe it. You know what? I do have a regret. Oh, good. The regret was not playing the sax solo on the Luther Vandross, Mariah Carey song, "Endless Love." I should have played that sax solo. They offered it and you didn't? Yeah. Why? Why didn't you turn it down? Because I didn't-- because they were singing so much.

And by the way, at that point, I was playing like 10,000 seat places, and I was feeling like maybe my ego got in the way there. And I said, you know what? There's not enough room on this for me to play. If you've got to get rid of a few of the Mariah licks and a few of the Luther licks, and I'll play. And they go, no, no, we got it. And I said, well, there's no room. I'm not doing it. And I wish I would have done it.

That was a mistake. And when you say no room, that's musician talk for... For, okay, singing this thing. And then there's a little vocal lick. Where is the space for the sax? Where do I fit in? There was no room. Not even a solo? No, there was no solo. It was just kind of like trying to weave around. Like when I did the Frank Sinatra record, I played with him on the song...

one for my baby and one for the road. Okay, there was some room there and I played and I found my way in. He must have been re-recording it. He was not born when he was... No, no, but they did a remix of it. Oh, they did? No, he sang later on in his career. And they...

Who was the producer on that one? God darn it. I feel bad. Isn't that quarter to three? Yeah, quarter to three. There's someone in the thing. No one in the place. But you and me. Da-da-da-da-da-da. So stick him up, Joe. No, it's... Da-da-da-da-da-da. That was a joke a comic used to do. And I would play...

I gotta find my way in there, you know, without fucking up his vocal, but also doing something that adds to it. So it's always a puzzle. And on that one, I couldn't find the place. And I said, no, now I really regret that. You went, but you never even went to the studio. With who? Oh, no. You said you couldn't find. No, I didn't. No, but I have my own studios. I just did it. Like with the Frank Sinatra. So they sent you a demo and then you were like, I can't, you heard it and you were like, I can't.

Well, then I don't know if that's even... That's not a bad thing. No. I don't know. I mean, it would have been a cool thing to be on, but you know what? You're kind of right. I think you made the right decision because if you look bad on a big thing, then everybody knows. Yeah, you don't want to look bad. Or you just...

You don't want to also look diminished. You don't want to look-- that's the thing, diminish, yeah. Because you don't want to feel like you're a sideman. Like, if I-- if somebody asks me for a solo-- Right. Like, I just did something with The Weeknd more recently. Oh, I love that "In the Eyes" one. Yeah, "In Your Eyes." See, OK, by the way, I nailed that solo. Yes, you did. And so he sent it to me and says, like, OK, come the next day and we're going to do this thing live. And I just heard the song, so I went in my studio.

And I spent like 10 hours meticulously figuring out where to play, what notes I thought. So I sent it to him and he goes, perfect. I said, great. I say, okay, so if you think that's perfect, I'm going to memorize my solo that I just did and I'll play that live. So, which was great. And that was tricky, but that worked out really, really well. It's like a, it's a puzzle. So just finding that right thing and turned out really good. I like him. He's a really hard worker. We can. Yeah, I like him.

Because I'm a hard worker. So I like, see, that's what I think about you. Like when you said something on one of your- Oh, I'm a hard worker. One of your, one of your thing, who was it that you said? Oh, to Mark Cuban. You said something like, this is fun. Now I got to go back to my day job and I'm doing every week I got to do the show and it has to be perfect.

And I thought, you know what? I think the same way. I have to make it as perfect as I can because it's a once a week show. So you have all week to perfect it as much as you can. Now, most of it is ad lib with a panel. So, you know, it's only so much I can do. But you're so funny. One of my favorite things that you said on one of your shows was you were talking about the woke thing and you were on your rant about the woke. And you said something like, okay, when you go to the movies, folks,

Now you know who the bad guy is? It's you. You said it's just like this. You go, it's you. And then at the end you go, you know, if you're so woke, why am I falling asleep? And that was my... And when you said that, I said, okay...

I got to memorize that? That's the best line I've ever heard in my life. The piece you're quoting is something we did about the Oscars. Was it a whole year ago or maybe two years ago? Yeah, it was great. I think it was two years ago when the Oscars were particularly lugubrious that year. Lugubrious, whatever that means. It was hosted by Debbie Downer, I think. Or the Debbies, we called them. Debbie Downer. So that was what I was saying. Like the...

People just seem to want to affirm their virtue, even in the movie theater. So that was where that line came from about the bad guy is you. And you know what? I just want to be entertained sometimes. I know. And there's something wrong with that. And people used to know how to make movies that were both about something, but weren't just sad. I know. Chandler's List is sad, but it's also great movie making. But people like to...

The people like people who see them sad because they feel like if they're sad for the right reasons, they look better than you. Well, Matt is so obnoxious about the woke. I know. You know, and I know there are people who, Bill Maher always said, yeah, you're right. I am always going off about the woke because they're funny. And I'm a comedian. It's like a divining rod. It goes right for the funny.

And it's funny to be presumptuous and smug and arrogant and think that these are the kind of people always talking about their attitude is like, you know what? If only the stupid people could stop being so stupid, this world would be a

great place while they're doing or saying something hugely stupid, like wearing a mask alone outside. That's right. That's right. Alone outside. It's so dumb. And that's why I will continue to do it. And I'm so glad they came along because like now it's like I got Trump and I have U.S. You're so good. You got it from both sides. I got material from both sides. I also get material from both sides. You're so good that way. I love that. And also when the masks came out,

So I've been going to Asia since the 80s.

My first tour was like '83 or '84. So I've been to Asia literally 100 times. Japan probably 75 times, China 30 times. - Wow. - Singapore like 10 or 12 shows. - Isn't a song of yours like played every day in China? - Yeah, it is. - Now that is an amazing thing. - Hundreds of millions of people every day when it's closed. Okay, so the song is called "Going Home." - Yeah, it makes sense. - They took it literally.

So, they play that song at 5:00 and people hear it and go, "Time to go home."

and they go home and they wouldn't even know except for the title right there's no singing no singing no so it's just you're just evoking the feeling yeah of going home so well through your instrument that you don't even need lyrics that's a pretty it's a beautiful song when i wrote it i for some reason i was my mom had passed away like so long ago but i was playing the song and it reminded me of seattle and my just my childhood and i thought i'm gonna call this song going home and so my

My first mistake was when I went to China, I knew the song was popular. So I played it like, you know, 45 minutes into the set, looked up, the audience left because it's time to go home. But when they heard the song, they were just on autopilot. They walked out like Pavlov's dog. I said, OK, let's save it for the encore next show. Club Random is brought to you by the audio marketing gurus at Radioactive Media. Let me ask you, what are you doing to grow your business?

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Never been to Asia. Well, the Middle East. Wait, you've never been to Japan? No. Okay, Bill, come on, bro. Too late now. You don't want to go? No. Why? I mean, nothing against the Japanese. I'm just, I'm too set in my ways to... You know what, you are. You've said that before. You just don't like traveling, do you? I really don't. Only...

But did you watch Lost in Translation? Love that movie. I just saw it again. What a genius movie. So that hotel, bro. That hotel. We're checking into a hotel if you're just listening to this. Listen. Okay, that hotel is called the Park Hyatt, or in Japanese, Pakahayatu. That's how you say it. Really? No, seriously. I'm not being funny. So if you go to Japan and you tell the cab driver, take me to the Park Hyatt, he doesn't know what you're saying, but you go, Pakahayatu.

then that's where you go. So there's no, this is not me being funny. This is real. - Yeah, okay. - So Park Hyatt, that hotel, it's the greatest hotel

the world you tell me it is are you a guy very meticulous all right why do you love this hotel because everything is meticulous you you press the elevator and it goes up the 41st floor that's where the lobbyist I hate it already I like to be as close to the ground really okay so there's a fire you um you're

- You're dead. - You open up, the elevator opens up, and it's the most beautiful lighting that you've seen ever. - Lighting? - Lighting, the lighting, this beautiful lighting. - I don't care.

beautiful and it's a whole bar lounge things. Yeah, okay, these things don't make any all I want is what do you want almost like Stevie Wonder in that Stevie Wonder said let me finish. Stevie Wonder who I love of course he's not love any smell so good he does yeah, he can do better together and he came so he I was playing this gig in La at the Greek theater

And I'm playing in the middle of the set. Somebody says to me, Stevie Wonder's here. He wants to sit in. I go, wow. What does he want to play? I don't know. Just figure it out. I go, OK. Well, let's play this song called Bessie Me Mucho. Oh, sure. The Beatles did it when they were in Hamburg. Did they do that?

that's that yeah their early days before they were ever i guess they were i don't know that that they've used it that yeah like like before it's a great song it's like a hamburg era so he comes out with this harmonica and we do this duet together and so people are doing it and so he see he's saying i said stevie i said you you can't see what's going on but

Everyone's giving you a standing ovation. Oh, that's beautiful, baby. That's beautiful. And here, so he puts his harmonica in my hand. He goes, keep this for him. I said, oh, awesome. I said, do you need me to walk you off stage? Or what happens now? Right. And he goes, no, no. I just do this with my head. And then somebody comes out. So he took them off.

But you were talking about Stevie Wonder, but I interrupted to tell you a Stevie Wonder story, which is not polite, by the way. I hate it when people, somebody says something and then, oh, I got to one-up you with a Stevie Wonder story. So I'm sorry about that. Yeah, definitely a better Stevie Wonder story. What were you going to say about Stevie Wonder? Do you remember? I think I was going to say that he...

This is a good drink, by the way. What'd you put in here besides the tequila? I can't tell you. It's a secret. Was it Fresca? It's Fresca. Do you remember Fresca? Yeah. No, I'm not going to say because these people should be sponsoring this show and they're too cheap to. Well, Fresca doesn't exist anymore, so that's cool. That was my dad's favorite, by the way, Fresca.

Nope, you assholes just missed out on some free publicity. Let me tell you something else that I wanted to tell you that I've been thinking about for a while. -Okay. -This is why I love you so much. -Oh. -In not knowing you, this is why I love you. Because you remind me of-- Okay, I like comedians. I have comedian friends. -I do. -I'll bet you do. Ray Romano's a really good friend of mine. -Oh, cool. I love Ray Romano. -And George Lopez is a very good friend of mine. -Very funny guy. -And here's what they have in common with you, and that is

they're able to have real conversations but anytime that they want to make you laugh they can do it yeah but they're not on all the time no that's obnoxious that's obnoxious and so you have that quality and i love that well thank you that's so that's a wonderful comment it really means a lot to me because i've always tried to uh go for a very naturalistic style yeah whether it's here or on

real time. And you do the same thing there. It's like all of a sudden you're talking about something really smart and political and then boom, all of a sudden I'm just laughing really hard because you decided it's time for me to laugh. Well, it's not... I think you're giving me a little more credit in that I can... You control me. I can't plan it the way you're, I think, picturing like, oh, I'm just going to be funny right this second. But what you learn to do, I think, is...

I would liken it to a quarterback. Like,

I'm not going to force a pass in and get intercepted. That's right. But I'm going to pick apart the defense. But, you know, the last thing you want to do is force a joke or force anything. So, you know, I can't exactly do it like on cue to make you laugh. But when it's opportunistic, that's what makes it seem natural and be natural, actually, is that it is opportunistic. Right. You know, you're just counterpunching. It's like something strikes you funny or you see an opportunity and, you know, you share your thought. But, yeah.

You don't have to. And those are the people you're talking about who are always on. No, it's just so... It's draining. It's draining. Because then you feel like you have to react to everything they're doing. It's like, I'm tired of giving you... You're pulling from me because you need it. I don't want to give it to you. Yes. I hate that. More than you know, I hate that. Because I don't... Actually, I don't like giving people what they want because they want it. I don't like that.

So we did find something wrong with you. There you go. I knew it. There you go. Okay, I'll tell you something else. I killed a guy in high school. No, listen. Okay. I beat up hookers on the weekend. I know what I want to tell you. Oh, okay. The first time I went to Asia, this is what I was telling you. Okay, the first time I went to Asia. Oh, yeah, Asia. So I'm down in Malaysia. I'm thinking I'm in Kuala Lumpur or something. This was in like 83 or 84. So this was like 40 years ago, right? So I get to the hotel.

And I gotta use the bathroom. So I go in the bathroom and I look at the toilet and there's like this fucking electronic gadget. It's not a normal toilet. What is all this stuff? There's all these buttons and everything. And so I don't know what I'm doing. So I push a button. All of a sudden I get sprayed in the face with water. Oh, you hope it's water. And I went, God damn it. And then I went, wait a minute. Dropped the pants, sat down. Two hours later...

I went, "Oh, it's the greatest thing I've ever seen in my life." -Oh. -"This toilet. Unbelievable." So, okay. This is the greatest thing. -So, it's a bidet toilet? -Yeah. But in the '80s, I said, "I have to have this." And so when I got back from Asia that time, I found out where it was. I ordered, like, ten of them. -You still use them? -Absolutely. You know what? You're not the first person. And you need it here. Like, in your treehouse waiting area? Yeah. That would have come in handy, just letting you know.

I don't think I want to know a lot more about why, uh, that's the case. Kenny G, but, um, I just said, you know, okay, share. I'm sharing. But you're not the first person who has, uh, suggested and, uh,

You don't have them here in your compound? No, I don't. Are you? Okay, why? Okay, so you're another person who is telling me I should have the Japanese toilet. Absolutely. Yeah. And you can just add it. It's a toilet seat. You don't have to buy the whole toilet. Of course. But with you, you can afford it. In California, there'll be 58 regulations. No, no, no. Really? I could install it for you. By the way, my grandfather was a plumber. My dad was in the plumbing business. I can install that for you. Wow. I know how to do it.

I have tools and I can do stuff like that. How's Thursday for you? I can do it. No charge, by the way. No charge. And listen, don't get me into those, we'll be there between 8 and 1 and then show up at 2.30. All right, asshole. If you say between 8 and 1, that's when I want to see your face at my door. No problem. Look, if you don't get it by the time you're 70, hopefully...

If I'm on the list, I want to be invited to your 70th birthday party. And I will bring you a present. And the present will be the total neo-rest. You've never done anything bad. You're staying in the same hotel as the band. I mean, what were we just talking about? Toilets? Oh, you're just like...

You're always doing a good deed. I'm trying to. I'm trying to. Are you a religious man? No, I'm not religious. You're not doing it because you're thinking this is my ticket to heaven. No. No, you don't think there is a heaven. I don't, actually.

There probably is not. I don't know. I don't think so either. You're a religious? Yeah, sure. I love that. Oh, good. So fun. I mean, I went to the Hebrew high school, not full time, just like a couple nights a week. That's where the black kids beat you up at the Hebrew high school? No, no, no, no. That was Franklin. No, just like a couple nights a week I had to go. And I just was so turned off by the whole process of it.

Oh, so Hebrew school you're talking about. Yeah, so I can read Hebrew. I know how to read Hebrew, but I don't know what it means. I know kids... See, I went to catechism, which is where the Catholic kids go to learn. It's separate from school. It's once a week where you learn how to be a Catholic. Right, and then I knew kids all through school went to Hebrew school. They're like...

So it was like a second school once a week. Yeah, once a week or twice a week, yeah. But it's important to indoctrinate the kids and the nonsense from the Bronze Age. It was so nonsense to me. And of course it is. I did a good bar mitzvah, though, because, you know, look, I'm a straight-A student. I got 4.0 pretty much all the way through because I'm really meticulous. Like my saxophone, for example, this morning.

Like every morning, I practiced my sax for three hours. I went into a little practice room in Manhattan Beach. There's a music school there, and they gave me a key because they don't show up till 10. So I go in there early morning, like 7 o'clock till 10, working on my scales every day. Scales? At this point? Every day. Really? Every day. You still have to do scales? Every single day. When you're in the game for 50 years? Well, do I have to? I don't know. But do I do it because...

I want to keep getting better and better. And that helps you scale? Oh, absolutely. I would say today I'm probably the best. Why? Because when you're doing a solo, you're always working with, that's where that comes in, the knowledge of the scale helps you pick the notes? No. No. Not at all. Not at all. Perfect. I say scales, I just mean exercises. Okay. I just exercise. So it's nothing to do with... No. You're not a golfer, though, are you? No, I'm actively against golf. You're against golf. Okay. Oh.

okay do you what do you do any sports yes what do you want real sports real sports with bill i mean i would i would if the greatest thing in the world would have a baseball field but you need like 18 guys hey hey guys i'm getting 16 other guys together this weekend it just doesn't work but i have a basketball court and that is my passion all right so shoot every day okay sometimes i have games

So when you're practicing your shots, okay, that's what I'm doing. I'm doing my practice. I'm exercising. I'm getting my muscles so that when I go play the game, which is the shows at the Paramount, I'm ready to go. I do it every single day. And is it tedious to do it? No, honestly, I can't even wake up. I get so excited to wake up every morning to go do it. Yeah, I do. You're like morning sax wood. Yeah, that's right. I do.

That's right, and the horn's about that long. And that's when you do your first thing in the day? Every day. Every single day. When you're freshest. Yeah. Is that also when you write songs? I don't know when I write songs. They just kind of happen. I write songs when I need to make a record. Oh, by the way, tonight's a celebration for me. I forgot to tell you. I finished my latest album yesterday. Oh, congratulations. And I was so wanting to finish it before Wednesday. That's a little tough. Thank you. So what number album is this?

-20-something. -Oh, come on. You must know. You don't know the number. I know how many HBO specials I've done. I think it's 24. I bet you it is. I bet you you know it is. I think it is. -Yeah. No, I mean-- -Yeah. I'm super-- Man, I'm telling you, it's so hard to make a record for me. So hard. Because I'm so meticulous and the technology is so different these days than it used to be. Right now, you can do anything

It's a program called Pro Tools. You ever heard of that? Have you heard that word before? I have heard that, yes. Okay, so Pro Tools means that... I assumed it was something that kids were doing to masturbate on TikTok. That's not true. Yeah, we got to get you on social media, by the way. We do not have to do that.

Pro Tools. But now I'm switching gears. Have you ever heard of Cameo? Cameo. You know, Cameo where the public... Yes, you wish someone's birthday. Yeah, right. I'm on Jeopardy. Cameo. Yes, that's right. Can you do it in the form of a question? No, I can't. I'm impressed I knew that much. But yes, you can get Rudy Giuliani for like $108. Well, whatever. To say happy birthday. It's such a great thing. I'm on Cameo and I'm loving it. Oh, you do it? I do it. I love it.

Not for the money. You must be, you have tons of money. I do, but I still, I do have, but I still like, I still like making money. By the way, thinking about that, that brings up another subject. Why do you like it? Because it's a way to touch the fans personally? Exactly. And that's what you want to do, touch your fans? I want to touch them with my horn.

- Well, if I can't blow them, I gotta blow my horn. - Are you single? Are you married? What's your-- - I'm not married. - You're not married? You never were married. - I was married. Yeah, I'm divorced. I have two kids. - Oh. - Older, 29. - How long have you been single? - 10 years. - 10 years? - Yeah. By the way, my older son, Max, 29, he's a heavy metal guitarist. - Oh, wow. - So opposite of me. And he, okay, so this is what happened. When he was first learning to play guitar,

This is the bullshit that happens with musics in the schools. "Well, we want you to learn to play songs." So they learned to play songs, "Because we want you to like the instrument." I said, "Max, no. Don't learn to play songs. Learn the mechanics."

then you'll be able to play any song. Don't learn a song, learn the mechanics so you can play any song. And that's what you need to do. And he did that and he is a monster on that guitar. He's going to be, he'll be world famous at some point because he's just so good because he's mastered his scales. 29. That's your kid? Yeah. 29. 29. Yeah. And 25. I got another one too.

I'm my boys. We have a great relationship. I love my boys. I can't tell you how much, how wonderful it's been having them. I take pride in my fatherhood, by the way, the way that I raised them. I did something that I think is really cool. I never told them what to do. Never once. I just gave them info. You know, if you...

Don't brush your teeth. If you don't brush your teeth, you know, you're probably going to have cavities. Here, take a look at this picture. I don't care if you brush your teeth, whatever. I think that was how they all did it back then, because I remember that on a sitcom. If you don't brush your teeth, you know, it was Mary Tyler Moore. Like if they threw their shit on the floor, like I don't want them to pick it up. I don't say, go pick that up. I'd say,

God, I get so fucking mad when I see clothes on the floor. God, I hate that. And then I just walk away. And then I'd watch them go scurry and pick it up and put it away because they decided that was the right thing to do because they made a decision. Or they were fearful.

No, there was never... Well, you said, I get so mad. I get mad, but there was... But it implies that... No. If you're going to do... No, I wouldn't do anything. They knew that. That you never did anything? Never, no. Never. Never yelled at me? No, never yelled at my dad. Never had to? Never had to. Really? Never had to because...

I would just give them information and say, "Listen, you know, you make a decision." But kids are like fucking animals. They get into all sorts of shit. You gotta meet my boys. They're not animals. Well, they're in their 20s. I hope not. But kids are feral. They're stupid and they're feral. And they're cruel. Yes, they are. And they need to be civilized. Obviously, you did a good job at that. But I mean, they don't come out good. That's the book "Lord of the Flies." -That's true. - "Lord of the Flies." That's true, but... They're ruthless.

I don't think so at all. They're me. Are you kidding? No. The way kids torture other kids? Not mine. Not yours. No, not yours. Maybe because they're raised in a certain environment. I don't know. My boys were nice kids. You should write a book. I should write a book. You can make money there, Mr. Money Lover. I know. Oh, please. I love money, too. Everybody loves money. You're kidding. Here's the problem, though. Money's great. Money's another word for freedom, by the way. True. Money is another word.

Aren't we free enough? Yes, but you're free. I mean, this whole thing about, you know, freedom is just a word with nothing left to lose. Or the opposite, where mostly you get freedom because you have money. Which means when I was poor, I was not free enough to choose what to eat. I had to eat blimpies across the street. I was not free enough to sleep well because the...

where I lived and the bus below and all that kind of shit. Just basic, I was not free enough to turn down any job for any amount of money. $30 on a floorless sawdust. - I know that feeling. - Yes, I'm sure you do. - I'll take anything.

you know, does not solve all the problems. - No. - But it's like a cushion. And I remember when I had no cushions and I remember when I had just one, but my bony ass could still feel the pavement. And is it better to sleep on a hundred cushions? - Yes. - Duh! - A lot better. - That's freedom. - I agree. - So, you know. - But here's what I'm like battling with right now.

Okay. And I'm going to say this without knowing, but I'm thinking that you have enough money for the rest of your life. You don't have to worry about money. Unless I have to buy something is the old joke, but no. And I'm going to put myself in the same category. But you know why? Because I'm not someone who...

- Prices or indulges in luxury. - Same here. - I have, people have asked me many times like, how did you get enough money to buy a piece of the New York Mints? No divorce. - No, right, I know, you're lucky you. - No marriages. - Lucky you. - No kids, alimony, no stupid hobbies, no hookers, cocaine, heroin, motorcycles, cars, artwork, jewelry. You know, like, none of that does anything for me. You know what I like? Files.

files, like fireproof files to keep all my papers in. And so that's like my sports car. Oh my gosh. I have many great files. That's great. Good for you. I really do. Cause I like to rat. But let me ask you this. So here's, here's where I'm at in my life right now. I'm thinking, am I, cause okay. I, I grew up in a Jewish environment and the Jewish environment for me

I'm not saying this is true of all, but for me it was more, more, more, more. Make more, make more, make more, make more. Make more money? Yeah, make more money. Right. Like, you know, always do what you can to make more money. And let's keep making it. Don't spend a lot, though. You think the Koreans don't think the same way? But I'm saying, at this point, do we think that way? I'm thinking, like, maybe that's not the right way to think now. Maybe it's not...

do I make more money? Maybe it's like, what do I really want to do? And the problem is, I'm not sure what I want to do because what I've wanted was to make more money. - But if I may offer an answer to this. - Please. - Okay, I'll tell you how it works for me, was at a certain point I made sort of a conscious decision and I'm glad I did, that I have to like purposely make myself think

about the equation of time versus money. Like, time and also happiness. Like, so I've been offered corporate gigs. Like,

which is dumb on the part of a corporation because it's not going to go well. Right. Those are great gigs to be offered, right? Great for you. Oh, you don't like that? Well... Can you pass them on to me when you say no? I can, because there's usually a committee that decides on the entertainment. So somebody on the committee is a big fan of mine. Let's get Bill Maher here to talk to the, you know, Krellman Corporation. And yes, the money is...

enormous. People don't realize that everybody in show business, including the biggest stars, do these private gigs. They just don't hear about it unless it's, you know, the Sultan of Brunei and he just beheaded eight homosexuals or something. And then you hear about it. Right. That's right. Okay. But they all do it. So I've been offered it and I did it once or twice. It's a disaster because the guy in the committee is a fan of mine. The crowd is

No, they don't care. If they don't believe in the premise, they're definitely not going to like the punchline. Right. And I'm an atheist. I'm a drug addict. Not a drug addict. A drug user. You know, not married. I mean, I'm just not corporate. How long is your gig when you do these gigs? Like a 30-minute set? No, it's like an hour, I think. Oh, an hour. Okay. One time it was in the day. I'm not a person who does things in the day. Oh, oh. Especially performs things.

And so why put ourselves through that? So like, no matter what the, and of course the most powerful word in show business is no. - Right. - So when you say no, of course then they go, we gotta have him. - Yeah, yeah. - You know, it's like, well, then I gotta fuck that guy. He said no. Okay, so they got, and so then the money goes up, but it's, you know,

it would have to be some astronomical number because I know I'm gonna have a bad time. That is a day of my life I'm not going to enjoy. - Right. - And I wanna make every day good. - Good for you. - At 67. - I agree.

I'm one year behind, a half a year behind. Yeah, I hope, yeah, we're in the same place. I hope that I have many, many, many more days, but you never know. Of course, you don't know that at 27. No, you don't know. But I just know now in my head, I want every day to be a good day. Yeah. And you can't like buy a day unless I got poor again. You know what I mean? The fucking market. Then you take the gig. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I put all my money in raccoon dogs. Yeah.

And now raccoon dogs have this bad odor about them. That's not good. No. You should put it into like Starbucks or something. I may have to like go on OnlyFans with you and wish people happy birthday. No, no, no. I'm not doing the OnlyFans. I'm kidding. I know. I don't think people would see my body anyway. So like somebody who I'm sure you could obviously live the rest of your life without any...

more income coming in, but

Use that in your favor to get yourself to say, no, you cannot make me do anything that doesn't make me happy at this point in my life. It's hard, though. I'm literally a senior citizen. I should get that. Other people are retiring and on cruises and shit. I know, but I don't feel like I ever want to retire. Do you? No, because we're so lucky because what we do is enjoyable. I know.

It's the person who has a job as opposed to a career. If you're a person who has a career, you're one of the lucky ones. Right. You found something that you love to do. Because working is not horrible. I mean, there are things that, you know, there are times I'm like, oh, my God, I can't believe I have to work more to make this right. But I still enjoy the work. Yeah. I've had many jobs when I was young that were just a job and they were horrible. No, I actually never had a job.

Never had a job because of the instrument? I've only played my saxophone to make money. Never done anything else. Wow. Isn't that the coolest thing? That is. Well, I don't know. You tell me so many cool things. I can't even. The Stevie Wonder story? I can't mean this. I've got a truck board. I'll tell you another story. Cool things about it.

it's like a calendar i have my cool things about kenny d calendar what's it what's so many more you want to hear it's 27 his kids are perfect oh fuck i know sorry bro god damn okay so um remember the 2008 olympics i did something this is another asian story

Do I remember the 2008 Olympics? Vividly. Okay. No, was it in China? It was in China, right. Yeah, Beijing. Okay, so. It was their coming out party as a road power. Since my music is so popular there, and it's a whole worldwide thing, I'm thinking I'm going to write the theme for the 2008 Olympics. Wow. They're going to love it. I'm their like Western guy. I'm their boy.

China doesn't let... You're like Spinal Tap in Japan. I kind of am. Right. Hello, Cleveland. Hello, Shanghai. Right? Right. And so, you know, when you play in China, like, they will literally tell you, an artist, you can't play here because we don't like your lyrics. Right. We don't like your vibe. We don't like an interview you did with Bill Maher. Right. You know. No. I'm politically incorrect. China's a dictatorship. I'm one of those guys, because it's an instrumental, they go...

We love his music. Yeah. So I get to play gigs there. So I'm thinking, I'm going to write this theme for the Olympics. Right. They can't object to your lyrics. They can't. There's no lyrics. That's brilliant. I write this, I think, a beautiful anthem. It's an anthem. Right. It goes like this. It goes... It's just...

And I'm thinking, okay, I'm standing next to the flame. I'm up there playing. The athletes are out there. I send the song in to some...

Didn't hear a word. Didn't hear a word. Nothing. It's such a great song. Anyway. Wait, you sent it in. I sent it in to whoever. I assume you had someone. Like management's finding the thing. I say, hey, get this to whoever's in charge. So you had someone do it the right way to the right person. Yeah, I'm not just like, I'm not putting a cassette in the mail. I sent it to Shanga. That's what it sounded like.

Mr. Wang Peng. That's right. Olympics 2008. I hope you like this. China. China. And so, okay, so anyway, so 100 days before the Olympics, they had this big event in Beijing. All the top Chinese celebrities are invited to come to the celebration, and one Western artist said,

yours truly we're invited we were invited so i get to go and i'm going to play a song and it's going to be like a like a tribute to the olympics 100 days before blah blah blah so i get to beijing this is the song you were just saying no they just wanted me to play something i think they wanted to play my my famous song that they have okay but they just want me to there and i'm the only non-chinese artist that they invite to this thing so it's pretty i feel pretty you know like prestigious so i get there

At the last minute, the Chinese government says, "Okay, actually, we don't want you to play. Only Chinese artists can play. But we want you to walk on stage and wave." Oh, my God. And so I'm going all the way to Beijing to walk-- Okay. And you know what I say? Fine. Happy to do it. So I'm walking up this huge ramp to this big stage. And as I'm walking up, Jackie Chan is walking down, right? And I'm walking up, and I recognize Jackie Chan. He looks at me, he goes like this. I've never met him.

"You're so famous." He says to me, I go, "Jackie Chan?" He goes, "Meet me at my cigar bar at the Ritz-Carlton tonight." I go, "What?" And so he walks down and I walk up. And so after I do my wave, I go, "Can somebody take me to the Ritz-Carlton Hotel? I'm gonna go to Jackie Chan's cigar bar." I mean, whatever. So I get there and I walk in there and Jackie Chan up on stage singing.

with his backup band, which is like, remember, what was that, the artist that had all these girls in those strapless little black outfits and the girls were backing him up? Robert Plant? No, Robert Plant just led the way. It wasn't Robert Plant. Robert Palmer. Robert Palmer. So it was the same thing. Jackie Chan singing, he's got a backup band of these young, hot Asian girls with strapless thing, whatever. And I walk in and he looks at me and he comes up and starts singing to me in my face. Oh, wow.

This is unbelievable. And then he says to me, can you play your song for me? My song "Going Home." So I did. And so Jackie Chan sits in a chair, and I'm sitting there with my saxophone. I play the song for him. And of course, his backup band knows my song. He starts to cry. Oh. He starts crying because it means so much to him. And there's my story. Isn't that cool? We'll be right back after this word from Del Monte. That's right, yeah.

- Anyway, I'm just sharing with you. This is what happens when you leave town, Bill, and you go on the road. You can have these experiences. - This experience would not happen to me in China. - Everybody loves you. - Oh yeah, I'm sure they love me in China, the three people who know who I am. Two of them who would probably put me in the fucking concentration camp with the Uyghurs. No, I don't know. I mean, I hope my stuff could someday get to a place like China.

You know, comedy is not, I mean, there are comedians, I played Europe once, there are comedians who regularly can go overseas to certain cities where they all speak English. But it's just music,

and comedy are not even on the same universe. - No. - Music is universal and all over the world. I remember the first time I went to Amsterdam and-- - Of course you love Amsterdam. - Yeah, that's one reason. And I think I've been there four times, just somewhat by chance, but it's a lovely city, lovely people, but I'd never felt they were exactly warm. - No, they're tall though. - Polite, but not warm. - Yeah, right, I agree. - And I remember my friend,

who lived there at the time, and he was telling me, and he said, "Yeah," he said, "They're very reserved. They don't really care a lot about American celebrities except pop stars, like everybody in the world." - That's right. - They go nuts for them. And I was like, "Yeah, that music really cuts to a place." Because it's emotional. - It is. - Because you don't have to be, you don't have to have a brain. - No. - Like for me, you're kind of, that's why, you know, we play the size theaters we play. You know, you kind of have to have a brain.

Or in your case, just be elegant. I mean, it's an elegant sound. It's not hard and it's not trying anything. Have you ever gotten late to my music? I'm sure I have. What do you play when you get late? That's an interesting one. You can't play yourself. No, no, you can't play myself. No, I can't do that. That would be just too... There's only one horn in the room when I'm... But who do you play when you're late? I like the old school jazz like Stan Getz.

Stan Getz is my favorite. Yes, I love Stan Getz. You boned to Stan Getz. Yeah, that's my guy. It is an interesting conundrum. Do you know Stan Getz? Do you know him? No, but I know Getting Laid. So you don't know his music. I know who he is. Do you know, it's that song, bum.

that's the sax on that that's stan getz yeah stan gets played that i mean that was our intonio carlos joe beam that's right yeah but stan played that sax solo yeah that that song was like yeah stan getz was like the i know that he was like the major guy yeah that era yeah well he was the white guy in the of the cool jazz area there was miles davis who was the obviously the black

face of what they called cool jazz, and then there's Stan Getz. - Right. - Yeah. You know, what drives the jazz critics crazy is the fact that I used to open up for Miles Davis. Those jazz critics, man, they're just not happy with what I do. - And what was he like?

I didn't get to know him very well. He was very reserved. No one did. No. But he was like... But he wasn't mean. No, he wasn't mean to me. Yeah. But he wasn't playing any of the traditional stuff. He was playing his new kind of a, I guess what they call fusion music at that point. Oh, it's, you know. I played at Lincoln Center with him. I was opening act. Two shows. First show sold out. He comes into my room. First time. Never talked to him. He comes in and goes, hey, man.

"I like that song you play, it sounds great. "By the way, I'm gonna open up for you the second set." - Really? - I said, "Wow, Miles, wow." Does that, I get on stage. - Wait, so in the second set, he went up first? - Yeah, he went on first. So I get onto my-- - Maybe that's 'cause you did better than him. - No, no, here's why. - No? - No, because when I got on stage, of the 3,000 people, there was 300 left. He just wanted to get done early.

Right. And I walked on stage and there's 300 people up. Wow. OK, Miles, you know what? That's cool. I said, that's cool. You are the headliner. I'm the opening act. You have every right to do that. That's cool. And it's also Miles Davis. It's also Miles Davis. You know, I'll never forget that. The way it was. That is a cool moment.

though, just to have him talk to me. So when the jazz critics get into me and talk about like, "Well, they don't really like my music," whatever, I go, "You know, Miles liked what I did, so I'm gonna listen to Miles. I'm not gonna listen to you."

Well, I mean, the pretentiousness is just so pointless in something like music. It is pointless with music. It's so stupid. Come on. What melody touches your heart? That's great. If it moves you and it's music, then that's what we're all going for. And I say, wait, I'm not in this business.

but that's what I'm as a fan looking for. I mean, partly. Look, I'm not somebody who is a particular believer in lyrics. I used to have this argument with Clive Davis. Now, I was with Clive for 25 years. Yeah, who wasn't? It's like, and he'll tell you. Kenny, we need more something in your music. Thanks, Clive. Okay, got it. I got it. Really? Yeah. Didn't he the one who told you to do the Christmas album? Yeah. Yeah, he did. And I said, Clive, I'm Jewish. He goes, so was Irving Berlin.

uh okay he is a clive davis he's a genius sweet guy i like i love him a lot but i do too his but like a genius at that kind of like

uh just do what i say it's going to be a hit and then it's a hit i mean that story you hear a lot yeah that's right barry manila with mandy yeah you know i know all the way up to kelly clark just just do this song yeah but the problem is that sometimes he tells you something just you just can't do like he told me on my christmas record we need a vocal i said clive it has to be all instrumental right need a vocal clive it has to be also instrumental he goes

All right, but if you don't listen to me, it's a huge career mistake. He says to me, I go, okay, I'm going to take that chance. He says to me, I say to him, he goes, okay.

comes out and I don't say this right with you know, I know it's the number one Christmas record right all time I know and I say Clive come on. Yeah, give it up and he goes no It would have been better if with the local would have sold more and we would never would know we never would know But he but it's possibly true. But what here's what I love about Clive. He always said to me He goes look I'm gonna give you my best advice. It's your career. Yeah, you make the final decision. I love that about him Yeah, and I was very

okay with making those tough decisions. You know, like my first break was on Johnny Carson, by the way. -That's where I got my break. -Me too. -You too? -Well, I mean, all comedians had the rite of passage that you had to go through. Did you get one of these?

At one point, I mean, I did 31 times. You were hosting, right? No, no, no. I was never the guest host. Never the guest host. No, no. But you went on it like 31 times? Yes, all through the 80s. Good for you. I was twice. Yeah, that was it. You know, that got you at least...

A little known so then you could get on a sitcom, which I did. Then you went through and did stupid movies. And luckily, I was able to fail enough at that so that I had to do what I always was meant to do. But actually, that reminds me, I do have to go back to work. Like you, I'm fucking meticulous. And I love being meticulous, by the way. Good for you.

I mean, it's just, of course, we all get, especially at our age, we get used to who we are in our own skin. So you can't imagine how you could be happy as somebody else. But like for me, straightening things up and organizing stuff and neatening things up, it makes me happy in a way. You know, like, I mean, you said you would install my toilet. I'll organize your closet. Yeah.

See, I like that. Let's have a barter program. Come on, I barter the best way. And we don't pay taxes on it. That's right, because otherwise we'd have to pay taxes. And we'd binge on our freedom, because money is freedom. I remember I said that.

Okay, but I really thank you for doing this. Oh, it's my pleasure. Thank you. And thank you for your kind words. It means a lot to me that you are a fan like that because, you know, it's not for everybody, what either one of us does. No. But, you know, the people who like it, like it a lot. And that's like sort of better than having, to me, a bigger lukewarm. No, I know. You know. No. So I'll leave you a little note at the next,

At the gigs? In the dressing room? I'll leave something in the wall. Do that. Let's do that. Let's leave each other little notes if we play in this. Is there somewhere to sign a wall or something? Just say, you know. No, I want to leave something. Something like a little physical note. Oh, a physical note. I don't know. Something physical that we... You mean like in the wailing wall? Exactly. Something. I want to leave a little something that only you can find. Okay. Club Red.

Oh, thanks, man. It was so much fun. Appreciate it. Great to meet you. Yeah, you too. Good to know you. Yeah, you too. Did you have fun? I had a great time. You seem like you did. No, you're... I'm telling you, I've been wanting to meet you for so long. I'm so glad you did.