I was good at keeping my mother from crying.

I have Glocks, .45s, Berettas, Remingtons. I like the marksmanship and the discipline that it takes to be a gun owner. I like the machinery. Being able to take it out and clean it is even more fascinating than having the gun.

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.

America...Do not touch my TV, my DVD, my stereo, my dual-deck VCR. Do not touch my old school, my new school, my slow jams, my party jams, my happy rap, and you better not touch...My James Brown.

My family are police officers, detectives. My brother Mitch is FBI. Mitch is like that - a stern enforcer.

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

I came from a place where there wasn't a lot of joy.