I like to do stand-up for people who live real life.

The truth is if I had a gay son, I would love him just as much as if he was straight… I might have to try to love even more because I know of the difficulty that he would have in society.

And when I was angry, when I was younger, I was in a cocoon. Now I'm a beautiful, black butterfly.

Stand-up is my foundation. That's where it started at. And I love it because it's personal. It's mine. It's all me. It's my experience in life.

I don't take any relationships for granted and I won't ever again. I just enjoy life.

You will be surprised but I do a lot of studying and I watch National Geographic.

Young stand-ups, we ought to do comedy in George Carlin's spirit, in Richard Pryor's spirit, in Jackie Gleason's spirit, in Lucille Ball's spirit, because they did it with the spirit.