I've Never Been No Superficial Cat.

My Comedy Comes From Pain. I Can't Stand To See Someone Hurting.

I Have Glocks, .45s, Berettas, Remingtons. I Like The Marksmanship And The Discipline That It Takes To Be A Gun Owner. I Like The Machinery. Being Able To Take It Out And Clean It Is Even More Fascinating Than Having The Gun.

I Was In Love With A Lot Of People, Because I Was A Student Of The Game Of Comedy - Carol Burnett, Jack Benny, Red Skelton, Jackie Gleason, Don Rickles, Red Foxx, Moms Mabley - Who Gets No Credit, Richard Pryor, Bill Cosby, George Kirby. I Loved Them All, And I Used To Just Take A Page Out Of All Of Them.

I Became The Storyteller Of South Side Chicago. I Used An Old Kiwi Liquid Shoe Polish As A Microphone. I'd Go Around The House Interviewing Everybody, Telling Stupid Jokes, Doing Voices. I Mimicked Sidney Poitier, Sammy Davis Jr., People On 'laugh-in,' Flip Wilson.

My Grandmother Always Told Me How You Start Is How You Finish.