There's this Lebanese lady I dearly loved who raised 13 children in Toledo, and she retired in Phoenix. She said, I get up every morning and say, Thank you, God. I do the same thing now.

I tried to make it a simple as possible for people so they could pronounce my name.

I did sketch comedy for years. Ive always enjoyed it.

I never met the second happiest man, or the first happiest man, so I can't judge where I fall into that category.

I certainly don't have any airs about myself.

Sometimes you get a call and an uncle passed away that you really liked, or a cousin or somebody else. So each day becomes a little more precious then the day that preceded it.

It makes you a better person to know where you came from, because whereever you go, there is somebody in some town, city, hamlet, whatever, that has the same dreams you have.