When I do stand-up... I get to do whatever I want to do. There's no boundaries. You'll get to know me. You'll leave with a piece of me.

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.

Michael's the ultimate entertainer. After Michael Jackson, it's Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, and Bruce Lee.

I grew up in the projects in Brooklyn, and I consider myself lucky and blessed to be where I am - just working.

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

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