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.

Bones heal, but the loss of my friend will never heal.

Stand-up don't get no respect - it's the hardest thing to do in show business. You don't have no band and there's no music.

Having a daughter makes you see things in a different way. This is my only girl. So I don't care what it takes to protect her. You can call it what you want to call it. As long as you treat her the same way I treat her, like my princess, I don't mind.

Fame doesn't matter. Money doesn't matter. Those things are forever fleeting. I just want to have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, so that when I'm long gone my great-great-grandchildren can walk up to it and say, "That's my ancestor." That will be my legacy.

I'm not really much into politics, because it's rarely discussed in my line of work, but I know that Barack Obama is trying his best, and that at some point down the road, he's going to get it right.

If you can survive 'Saturday Night Live,' then you're good as far as show business is concerned.