Always Quote by Rik Mayall

“Crop rotation in the 14th century was considerably more widespread after John?”

— Rik Mayall

You perform for a different audience each night. People who don't understand just think that you go out there every night and do the…

— Rik Mayall

When I was young, I saw some of my heroes doing it on the telly. We're talking about Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Arthur Lowe,…

— Rik Mayall

As I see it, there's mainstream comedy - and then there's me, out in the badlands.

— Rik Mayall

Bring me another bad one, and I shall protect my British people - I brought down Thatcher to protect my people, and I'm bringing…

— Rik Mayall

I don't have moments of weakness. I'm Rik Mayall.

— Rik Mayall

With 1,000-seater venues, rather than 5,000-seaters, there are richer opportunities for sucking the audience in.

— Rik Mayall

I have always tended toward extremism: I'm Motorhead rather than REO Speedwagon.

— Rik Mayall

On stage you can group 200 people together and scare them or embarrass them or whatever. You can't do that on TV. You have…

— Rik Mayall

I would love to do more on the stage; having actual contact with the audience is great. You can give them a good seeing…

— Rik Mayall

I was in a coma for five days - I was dead longer than Jesus before he was raised from the dead.

— Rik Mayall

I had a very happy childhood, happy teenage years and I was famous by the time I was 22. A charmed life.

— Rik Mayall