At the time, I was reading this Miles Davis book, and he was talking about coming to New York right after he was in high school. It kind of made me feel like, "Yeah." I didn't want to go to college; I wanted to do stand-up. And I figured, "What's the point of doing stand-up around DC? I'm always going to be under-appreciated there because I started there." I felt like I was strong enough and unique enough that I should give it a big leash to shine. New York was the best thing that ever happened to me as a comedian.

A celebrity, whatever I am, you get cut off sometimes from people just by circumstance.

It seems like there's never enough famous white people among comic in Hollywood.

My father told me 'Name your price in the beginning. If it ever gets more expensive than the price you name, get out of there.'

Chivalry is dead. Women killed it.

I get a little heated when I talk about the past. But I wanted to be clear - I'm not mad at anybody - not anymore.

Comedians by and large are some of the most sensitive people on earth. Even if they're socially callous.