When I'm in the mood to listen to music, I do like to go to the SkyBar [ L.A.].

Everything I talk about in stand-up is my experiences as an American, as a father, as a husband, as a black man, as a human being.

I can make people laugh at the drop of a dime. God's given me that ability.

A stand-up's job is to hold the mirror up to society and to look at what we're afraid of. That's why we had shows like 'All in the Family' and 'The Jeffersons.' We made fun of ourselves then.

I was like any other inner-city kid with a chip on his shoulder because his daddy and his mommy wasn't together.

People bring camera phones into comedy shows and clubs and concerts, and sound bites never come out right.

Stand-up is really personal. It's not like somebody else is writing the script and you have to do what they write.