Stewart Lee

Is he a free jazzer?

Yeah, he's a free jazzer.

He's one of the great British 60s wave of people.

And it was a piece of paper that they used to photocopy and all give to each other.

Monk's advice, Thelonious Monk, about performance.

What happens in the room is the show.

Isn't that great?

What happens in the room is the show.

And of course now you can just find them.

Well, sometimes... There's no platonic show that you're aspiring to get to.

No.

What it means is every night is different and sometimes you have to bend to that night rather than trying to...

make it into the platonic ideal of the show even though this show has these three phases and it has an argument and a beginning and a middle and end and whatever the same show two nights can be a totally different energy because of stuff that happens and you have to you know you have to but the great thing with that piece of paper is i remember when it was a piece of paper you were privileged to be given it of course now you can find it you can find a scan of it on the internet

Like that.

I had it when it was still a photocopy.

Monk's advice.

And it's a great thing to look at.

I have it on the fridge.

I never feel as safe as I do on stage.

The world is the problem, right?