I'm lucky because I intentionally keep my overhead low, and so I can say, "No, thank you."

Guess what, Martin Luther King? I had a dream, too.

I became known for surprising audiences. Except now, if I surprise them every time, they expect that.

I like trying jokes and seeing the response, and if I end up doing it in my act, it won't be 140 characters. Twitter is helpful that way to me. It's like a message in a bottle. But a lot of times I think I tweet the stuff I would like to say to teenage me.

Sometimes loving each other isn't enough. You have to be responsible for your own happiness. You can't stay in a relationship because you're afraid of the unknown.

I grew up in a house where there were no taboos, so it came originally from a pretty innocent place, where I was shocked at the things that shocked people.

All comics want to be musicians. There's a part of me that wants to be a serious musician. I love songs about heartache and heartbreak.