I just want to be funny, I just want to do comedy.

My father was the role model I looked up. My dad was an entertainer, too. I patterned my life after him. He wanted me to do better than he did. He never sold a record in his life, but to me he was still a rock star.

As a child, I was able to know that I wanted a better life.

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

My father said: "If you want to catch your girl cheating, you knock on the front door and run to the back, because he's coming out the back."

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

I live life and I don't take it for granted.