What gets me is when celebrities aren't allowed to have an opinion on anything political. There's the whole 'Shut up and sing' thing.

I always want to go back and do stand-up; I like the freedom.

If you feel like there's something out there that you're supposed to be doing, if you have a passion for it, then stop wishing and just do it.

These CEOs, man ... If you're that ruthless, you're a scary dude. I tell you, now when I walk past a little gang banger, I don't even blink. But if I see a white dude with a Wall Street Journal, I haul ass. Before I walk past the Arthur Andersen building, I cut through the projects. If you cut through the projects, you may just lose what you have on you that day. I ain't never been mugged of my whole future.

Mostly everything gets worse before it gets better.

With a black president, I can relax... I can dance in public... I can buy a whole watermelon now.

You can't make a woman happy. That's like trying to cure a fatal disease. The goal is to treat the symptoms so you can comfortably live with the illness.