I used to want to be a singer and a musician for years, from 6 years old to today. I'm not really good, but in time I could be. I'm more of a singer than anything.

Blacks don't square dance. If you see a black person square dancing, it is definitely the seventh sign.

I can personally feel the relief myself in my audiences when I bring up Obama because there was a lot of anti-Obama sentiment out there before the capture of bin Laden.

Stand-up keeps you alive. It is definitely the most specialized field in comedy because you need to stay sharp and well-tuned every night.

New Jack City' and 'Boyz 'N the Hood' are realities, but movies like 'Strictly Business' are realities, too.

I'd like to continue doing movies, clubs, concert halls and television. I like something about each one.

I do so many roles, I can't be typecast.

I would prefer not to be in a car with someone who can't really drive that well!

I have letters from you all over my room as if they were your fingerprints.

You have only to forgive once. To resent, you have to doit all day, every day. You have to keep remembering all the bad things" Frank to Hannah Roennfeldt

What is serious in laughing, worrying, grieving, mourning, concerning about anything which is temporary? Well, it is funny, actually, when you know life isn't immortal.

Good or ill, life is life; you only realize that when you have to risk it.

There is no crisis in this country that requires us to set up a crisis headquarters. Iran is currently in a good situation.

Depression can be the sand that makes the pearl. Most of my best work came out of it.

He who sees without loving is only straining his eyes in the darkness.

It’s like someone who prays every night saying God’s a good listener. Just because you’re talking to us doesn’t mean we’re listening. With me and God, you never really know.

I like the word f-k. F-king deal with it and move on to the first f-king question you have.

Kill Rock Stars allowed me to put out a real genuine rock 'n' roll record.