Comics definitely embody the importance of practicing free speech.

I think there comes a time in any comedian's career where they can either coast or keep growing and evolving.

Listening to your own sets and listening to the audience as you perform. It's a conversation of sorts. There is an exchange.

You'll get them tomorrow. You gave it a good shot. Keep your chin up.

The blues is a hopeful music. It helps you process something rather than avoid it. It's like mourning, in essence.

Comedy takes all of life and puts it through a lens of acceptance, just by the mere act of talking about it on stage in a communal setting. It's very primal and ritualistic in that sense.

In terms of my own work ethic, I've always been a determined person. When I'm focused on something, I try to see it through.