“Black audiences are hard. They always think they’re better than you. So you got to come with a little extra to satisfy them.”

I was a street performer for two years.

I’m not afraid to fail. Sometimes when you lose, you win. Sometimes when you win, you lose.

You can’t change what happened. Just like you can’t change the future by worrying about it. You just have to keep moving.

Bernie Mac just says what you think but are afraid to say.

It took me a long time to get to where I’m at, in my career and as a man. I was going through my trials and tribulations in life, and it gave me the strength to tackle things that have come my way.

Why I was so intrigued with Red Skelton was because he was able to make you cry and laugh and the same time. That was power.

I had to do clubs where street gangs were, had to do motorcycle gangs, gay balls and things of that nature.

I’m not ashamed to tell the truth about what happened in my family. I think that’s what makes my comedy different.

Stand-up is what I am; stand-up is what made me.

I love who I am. I love what I’ve become.

When you’re offstage, that’s the footprint. That’s the man God’s gonna judge.

Fear is not one of my attributes.

The success of my comedy has been not being afraid to touch on subject matters or issues that everyone else is politically scared of.

I don’t need to pat myself on the back until my arm breaks. I don’t need any of that.

Sometimes when you lose you win, son. Failure is just life’s way of preparing you for success.

I have so much respect for what’s funny.

When the house of a great one collapses Many little ones are slain.

There is always a little more toothpaste in the tube. Think about it.

I do think that stand-up comedy in general heavily favors masculinity and so I like to act a little feminine onstage.

I definitely can feel the third or fourth feminist wave in the air, so maybe this is a good time to open that Pandora’s box a little bit and air it out.

I’m not in politics. I’m really not a public figure. But I’m trying to be a little more cognizant of my surroundings.

My grandmother played the piano, and I used to toddle over there and pick out little things that sounded good to me.

Everything is getting bigger. The way to go now is to program in a little more sophistication.

People who have little to do are excessive talkers.