People don't know what it's like standing up there onstage, when you have a wall of people smiling at you.

My wife asked me once if I weren't a comedian, what I would do. I couldn't answer the question. I never imagined doing anything else.

People don't know what it's like standing up there onstage, when you have a wall of people smiling at you.

When I'm on stage, I get real happy there. Maybe that's the only time in my adult life I feel like myself.

The world can't tell you who you are. You've just got to figure out who you are and be there, for better or worse.

I still think people do have racial hang-ups, but I think one of the reasons I can joke about it is people are shedding those racial hatreds.

Because I was surrounded by so much negativity at some point that it took me going back and doing stand-up to realize, you know, people really like me.