We can't retract the decisions we've made, we can only affect the decisions we're going to make from here.

You gotta have the balls to go out there and be funny, man.

In black comedic culture, there's always been a thing about "Man, I ain't gotta wear a dress to be funny!" But I've done it.

As black folks we're always sensitive. As a black person it's always racial.

I went to college on a classical piano scholarship. My grandmother made me practice one full hour a day. Every day. Man. I thought all she wanted was for me not to have any fun. Next thing you know, you have a career in music. Now, not everybody's going to go on and be Mozart or Michael Jackson. But music makes you smarter.

That's what's great about the arts. Everything inspires you, and you get a chance to grow from watching other people and how they do their work.

What we do in New Orleans, man - we party!