I have no desire to be hip to the latest black slang and do the stereotypical black thing. I was a Richard Pryor fan, and I have used profanity in my act. But when it becomes a whole thing that defines blacks, we're limiting ourselves. The enemy is us.

It's better to play to the host as though in a real conversation and let the audience listen in- which they are.

When you take a pause before delivering your punch line, you will be using silence as a creative entity in itself.

Evaluate every performance on: stage presence, concentration, delivery, material and lessons learned.

Be prepared to cut your little extra lines that come after a big punchline and move on to the next joke or routine to give your set more punch and crispness. You can keep them in your set, but if the audience applauds your big line, don't do your tag when it dies down, just move on.

I don't think that comedians have a tradition of trashing the next generation.

Black people drink lots of beer. However, you won't see us skiing down a mountain for one, or see us diving for Frisbees on concrete for one.