Quotes from Randy Rainbow

Whatever is going on in the news and whoever is in the spotlight is up for grabs and fodder for satire.

There's something really powerful about comedy. When the little guy, the comedian, punches up towards the big guy, or Trump, exposing him, calling out the emperor for having no clothes, that's really important.

The worse things are on the world stage, the more fodder there will always be for comedians. But at the end of the day, I trust in my abilities to make comedy and create art, with or without Donald Trump.

I feel a responsibility to my fan base. But it's great. I'm most fulfilled and happy when I'm being creative.

I started out doing musical theater specifically - I thought I would eventually move to New York and audition for stuff, and maybe wind up on Broadway or something. Well, that didn't happen.

I did have a thing for mazes. When I was a kid, I remember drawing little mazes constantly and puzzles. I loved that.

I'm just a boy with a dream from Queens. Just a queen from Queens.

I had a quick family. Very witty. I learned my rhythm from that.

My father was always in bands. He played drums and could sing. And my grandfather was a band leader.

It's a great thing about this Internet thing we've got going. I have the luxury of not going through filters or network execs to do my art.

Into the Woods,' 'Sweeney Todd' - those were my religion.

My father was a textbook narcissist. If he didn't like the narrative he'd start gaslighting you. He threatened the democracy of our family.

As long as there are headlines I'll have material.

Comedy is math, music is math, and editing is, so I think those all work together.

I don't like gyms, but I try to get my heart rate up once a day. I don't do long workouts because it's boring.

I don't work with anyone. I have no editors. I have no directors. There's no one even holding the camera or anything. It's just me in my apartment.

I'm very much a homebody. But I can't help to put CNN on and before you know it, I'm thinking of material.

I'm such a huge fan of all this material that I'm spoofing.

I don't sleep too late.

I love to be silly as often as possible. I try to maintain a level of that in all that I do.

I think that I did inherit a very expressive face from my mother and my grandmother.

I got a fan letter from Hillary Clinton, which was insane.

I have to follow my instincts when I get an idea like 'Desperate Cheeto.'

I really wasn't raised with much religion. I mean we practice kind of the basic tradition, but for me it was always more of a cultural thing and that's a part of me and my ancestry that I always loved. I mean, I think that a lot of my humor is 'Jewish humor' at its root. And so culturally I love that part of myself.