Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.

If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.

My mind is a raging torrent, flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives.

Look, I had to take chances or it wasn't fun being funny.

What ignited the rocket that sent you up into the vast regions of comedy, and why? I would say, for me, that philosophical treatise about having black beginnings and wanting love to compensate for that, wanting audiences and wanting attention - I say, "Au contraire." Completely opposite. I want the continuation of my mother's incredible love and attention to me.

Humor keeps the elderly rolling along, singing a song. When you laugh, its an involuntary explosion of the lungs. The lungs need to replenish themselves with oxygen. So you laugh, you breathe, the blood runs, and everything is circulating. If you dont laugh, youll die.

I'm married to a beautiful and talented woman who can lift your spirits just by looking at you.