“If king needs to be treated by psychiatrist, then the people need replacements for both.”
“He pulled the shade, climbed into bed, thought of the Replacements, a band from his hometown singing about needing a job and needing a girl. Rodney needed both. But he needed the job to get the girl. And he needed ambition to get either.”
“I'm inclined to believe you need the psychiatrist.”
“A comedian is simply a different kind of therapist. A comedian is a psychologist and a psychiatrist rolled into one. Except I can't prescribe medicine. (You still need a doctorate, which is bullshit.) Okay, so I'm not like a psychiatrist. Fine. But I'm still like a psychologist (except I can't diagnose or treat mental illness).”
“Needs can never be replaced; wants get replaced.”
“Apparently, I had graduated from psychologist and was now in need of a full-blown psychiatrist.”