Most of the people around me have a vested interest in how much money I make. You know, so a celebrity could find themselves in a position where people could have meetings about their life without them involved. And when I say 'their life' I mean not their professional life either. They could talk about their personal life.

I get a little heated when I talk about the past. But I wanted to be clear - I'm not mad at anybody - not anymore.

Every black American is bilingual. All of them. We speak street vernacular and we speak 'job interview.'

You know you must be doing something right if old people like you.

Essentially a joke is creating an idea, whether sonic or visual, whether it's something musical or a traditional joke.

I like comedy as a group sport.

Comedy is a live art, and the only way to record a comedy rock album is to do it live. The audience and their laughter is just as much a part of the album sound as our music. No retakes, no room for error.

I have no problem in doing comedy, as I am happily consolidating my image of a comic actor.