i got invited to sing with luciano pavarotti in the late 90s.n to him and thought this is a guy whose been doing the right work on his instrument. from 15 years old i was doing chicago blues. i had a husky big voice but never knew i was a tenor i never studied above high c, so i went to work on my voice and started singing along with pavarotti. with pauvarotti i learned same vehicle with a new engine. i learned those guys are religious about their voices, when they get on stage and don't have a high c, the crowd turns on them, the big pay off notes, these people know the music, so they're under different pressure and scrutiny. so they religiously protect their voice there's a lot of things i do, eight hours sleep is single most important thing for the voice. >> to hear you say that under scor scores how significant that is. whatever else you do can't substitute for sleep. >> no eight hours. most people who are really singing for couple hours on stage know that. your cords are happy. it's just two muscles. your whole career is around them. and th

i wonder if pavarotti is at the improv going, two jews walk into a bar. >> for me it's therapy.elease. there's such freedom. it's wonderful. it's great. it's a whole other world. >> when i was in a bad neighborhood, you only see this in the worst neighborhoods. remember, it's 3:00 in the morning. there's a [ bleep ] baby standing on the corner. >> when i'm on stage, i get real happy up there. like maybe that's the only time in my adult life that i feel like myself. you're standing up there, you know what i mean, like gladiator. and them lights is on you and you look down and everyone's looking up at you like. >> doing comedy, it's needing to express, needing to expose yourself. sometimes i find myself telling audiences, my deepest darkest secrets. you know, its this odd confessional. >> when i moved to l.a., i had an eyebrow. and my roommate at the time was like, hey, let's go make this into two. so, i went to her waxing lady. i'd never been to like a waxing lady. and the lady called me and i'm following her into her room and she turns around and she goes, what are we doing toda

. >> you have that pavarotti look. >> jimmy: it's white. how coy color -- >> just wait.i had these two black areas so i looked like a mannequin. i looked like i had a puppeteer's mouth. hi, how are you? how are you? [ laughter ] one of those guys. so they took a silver magic >> ? >> the makeup people. >> jimmy: okay. >> and the smell of the magic marker, first of all, i smelled like a science project. [ laughter ] and then i'd just finished sneezing. that's why i'm a little hoarse. i go all the time. since i was a kid. >> jimmy: you got a lot of weird stuff going on. you really do. >> yeah, i'm allergic to different kinds of chocolate. >> jimmy: actual chocolate, really? >> yeah. >> jimmy: that's something you can be allergic to? >> one doctor said it was like a chemical reaction, it wasn't an allergy. but this started when i was a little kid. >> jimmy: really? >> yeah. histamines would hit me and -- my neck gets red. my ears get red. and then i once sneezed 58 times before my nose started to bleed. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: can i just say something? all i want to do is see

and on the right—hand side is her collection of casettes, including classical music such as pavarottio the queen by the man himself? a lover of horses. of course, a saddle, given by the portuguese. many of the gifts given to the queen represent the local craftsmanship of the particular country, rather like this throne, donated by the people from nigeria. only a person of royal status could sit on this throne. topped off nicely by a beaded crown. we found some of the more bizarre things. a london underground sign, personalised passes for the commonwealth games and a bagful of salt, a 90th birthday present from one of the british virgin islands. and then this, a portrait from the president of rwanda, made out of banana leaves. from the frankly quite unique to the exquisitely ornate. it is a lifetime of gifts. some very unique gifts. some of the things you didn't see were things like the badge that tim peake worn his arm when he went into space. the queen also gets live gifts. she has had kangaroos distant, cowles, a —— kangaroos gifted, a cow, a sloth. but now those gifts will stay in t

yes. 0n the right—hand side is her collection of casettes, including classical music such as pavarotti? a signed picture ofjfk given to the queen by the man himself? a saddle given by the portuguese. many of the gifts given to the queen represent the local craftsmanship of the particular country, rather like this throne, donated by the people from nigeria. only a person of royal status could sit on this throne. topped off with a beaded crown. we found some of the more bizarre things. a london underground sign, personalised passes for the commonwealth games and a bagful of salt, a 90th birthday present from one of the british virgin islands. and then this, a portrait from the president of rwanda. from the frankly quite unique to the exquisitely ornate. it is a lifetime of gifts. in a moment the news at 0ne with kate silverton. first, the weather. it is certainly a little on the fresh side today, blustery as well. this low pressure has upset the weather across western areas of the uk today with cracks of thunder in wales. winds touching gale—force winds coast. the weekend will be u nsett