Dick Gregory was a great comedian who went and got arrested, did hunger strikes, protests. It never hurt his career to be outspoken.

I don't care if you're gay, black, Chinese, straight. That means nothing to me. It's all an illusion.

To me, comedy is a great occupation because I don't really worry that much about what other people think of me.

There's a confidence and a mental toughness that comes from the very highest level of competition, whatever the sport is. Whether it's boxing or wrestling, or whatever.

Reality really is theater. There's no other way to describe it. It's all so nonsensical, ridiculous and chaotic.

I had a sense of who I was before I got famous.

I don't know much about the music business, but for just general advice for someone trying to create things, as simple as this sounds, I think the best thing you can do is constantly try to improve upon your work. Always focus on that first and foremost, and leave everything else (marketing, image) completely secondary. Obviously, easier said than done when you're trying to make a living, but if you can move along those lines and earnestly try to make things that you really enjoy it can only benefit you in the long run.