You might not agree with something, but it doesn't mean you don't need to listen to it. White people have to accept that they don't always know about racism.

If I could email my jokes to the crowd and get the same immediate response [as during stand-up], I'd do that.

I think a lot of people get into stand-up to be the center of attention, which is perfectly legitimate. But I think I got in there to be heard.

Some things just strike me as funny. The way things play out just makes me laugh sometimes. It drives my wife crazy sometimes because I'll just be laughing for no reason.

It doesn't do any good to just be on the side of black people. The funnier comedic position is to be on the side of oppressed people in general.

A lot of comics claimed to be political comedians when George W. Bush was in office just by calling him an idiot. For me, Obama is actually more interesting comically, because not everybody can figure it out.

The best version of comedy is when you can get to an issue where, at some point, you're not firmly on one side or the other, and you can see both sides. The more we become about the issues, the more successful we are.