I feel at home in a lot of places, but I am truly an African-American.

My parents were very active in the Civil Rights Movement. My father was a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) worker; my mother was a secretary with the Panthers.

Good comedy can be liberating, and if I'm doing my job as a comedian, part of the joy for the audience is getting that release.

The amazing thing about love and attention and encouragement and grace and success and joy is that these things are infinite. We get a new supply every single morning, and so we can give it away all day. We never, ever have to monitor the supply of others or grab or hoard.

Sometimes people just need to be heard. They find happiness in sharing their thoughts.

As we start to get a little bit older, boy, keep your house in order. That's the key thing. It's not about the thrills anymore. It's about contentment, about having some serenity.