It seems the more I try to connect with the world, I am feeling more alone than I ever have felt before

I hope people come to the shows because they feel like there's something there that I can't necessarily articulate, but it's real and it's fun.

I come around when you least expect me! I'm sitting at the bar when your glass is empty!

Black culture is a fight. We want to hold on to what we are, but sometimes the things that we are can be totally negative. You have to think: can't we try something new and not be seen as suspect?

When you think of the former high school football star, you think 6-foot-2, white, meathead as the model for that kind of character. Since I'm not 6-foot-2 or white, I just thought about what I could bring to it. I thought about Smash Williams from 'Friday Night Lights,' like the cocky quarterback, and played around with that.

I'm probably going to get in trouble for this but 'American Dad' is one of my favourite shows. It gets very dark in places but the jokes are there.

Also, I realized a lot of kids are listening to me. Whether I want to be or not, they're looking up to me.