Penn Jillette
speaker
2,353 appearances
2 recordings
1 series
first heard Jan 2026
last heard 14 Jan
Penn Jillette’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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When you did... I mean, I don't know why I should speak for you when you're sitting here, but when you did the smartest stuff that was most true to yourself, that's when the audience came to you.
That's true.
And when you tried to dumb it down, that's when they walk away.
You know?
So...
And that, and also,
As you get older, you know, as Joe Strummer wrote, he who fucks nuns will later join the church.
You know, I was very good friends with Lou Reed.
Okay.
You know?
And after he was sober, you know, in the 80s and 90s.
And it was fascinating because Lou, when he was Velvet Underground...
they were just the antithesis of everything.
You know, just... And then when you'd sit around talking to Lou in the 90s, what he really loved was doo-wop.
You know what I mean?
He would just talk about Dion and all the stuff that when I started to listen to The Velvets, they were just full of hate for that stuff.
And it's possible that as you're getting older, you're able to say out loud that some of the music you were directly rebelling against, it kind of
Well, you know, it all starts with Randy, as you started the interview with.
I don't know.
I don't think... I want to put it in grandiose terms, but I don't think I really can.
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