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

As I got older, I got into all kinds of things in the streets - but for some reason, I never got caught up with the gangs growing up. Everybody dug me, man. I never had problems.

I want to have fun. Life ain't no dress rehearsal. I want to have fun. I'm a comedian; I ain't no politician. So everything I do is with humor, with love.

I think a lot of TV insults the audience.

I'm so black, I leave fingerprints on coal.

The one thing about comedy, making it become a part of you, the audience loves it, because you become part of them.

I'm not a star, and I don't want to be a star. Stars fall. I'm an ordinary guy with an extraordinary job.