Quotes from Randy Rainbow

Well, the first restaurant I worked in was Hooters.

If you think about it, it's the worst stage name that anybody can possibly think of, because it sounds ridiculous, but it's my real name.

I always considered song parody kind of cheap.

I was always interested in being funny and amusing and creating art and comedy.

I mean, musical theater really informed so much of my life. It just so perfectly brings order to chaos, which is why we love theater.

I don't use an alarm, though sometimes Alexa wakes me, especially if I have to get up at a certain time.

My father was Donald Trump in many ways. His narcissism. I grew up with that generation of guys from New York, a generation of New York phony snake-oil-salesmen kind of energy.

I like the idea of sort of being able to stick a pin in something and deflate it with humor and just get a laugh, otherwise we'll cry.

My father was Donald Trump, and my mother was Hillary Clinton, and my grandmother was Nancy Pelosi. And I was - I wanna say, Mike Pence, 'cause he's the gayest one.

I love Mayor Pete. I've always liked Joe Biden. I like Elizabeth Warren.

I heard from Stephen Sondheim, who has become a great supporter of mine. There was no one bigger when I was growing up.

It's surprising how much hate mail I don't get.

To perform live, to get that thrill of the audience reaction is great. There is no equivalent of watching someone stand up and clap on the Internet.

It's amazing that my career took off from my living room. It's an amazing time when everyone has a platform and everyone has the ability to get where they're going without the middle-man.

Comedy illuminates. And it unifies people, it's not as polarizing as shows with specific political agendas.

I don't have a passion for politics, but I do have a passion for truth and justice.

I was always interested in comedy and pop culture.

I dropped out of college and worked on a cruise ship for a time.

TV, that's the ultimate goal. I hope to bring what I am doing now to a weekly television format.

Mom would go to bed at night and pray that God would make her Bernadette Peters.

It was really my grandmother who was the biggest influence because she'd talk back to the celebrities and politicians on TV. She was a combination of Joan Rivers, Elaine Stritch, Betty White, and Bea Arthur rolled into one.

I'm not a disciplined person.

I used to take my little Disney figurines and turn them into stop-motion animation.

If I have a passion for anything, it's more the truth than politics, and I think that's what got me interested in comedy in the first place, because the best comedy is the truth. People recognize that.