Self-pity in its EARLY STAGE is as snug as a FEATHER mattress. Only when it hardens does it BECOME UNCOMFORTABLE.

Maybe I'm just a PSYCHO, and the stage is a BETTER PLACE to go than either the loony bin or SOMEWHERE ELSE.

With rap, you go in the studio, you make music, you put the music out, then all of a sudden, you're a star: you have a big record on the radio, and you're on stage, and you've never DONE it before. Let's say your FIRST show is 'Summer Jam,' and you're in front of 60,000 people, and you've never played an arena, ever. You're gonna SUCK.

When I PAY attention to the LITTLE details, such as matching accessories to the entire outfit, I only get more CONFIDENT on STAGE.

Forty is when you actually begin EVEN deserving to be on STAGE TELLING people what you THINK.

I have NEVER wanted to GIVE up performing on STAGE, but one DAY the tours will be over.

My DAD was like a STAGE MOTHER he always pushed me to do what I WANTED.

I'm GOING to tap until I can't: I'll be so OLD, all I can do is walk out from the WINGS to stage CENTER. But I'll be there.

I was a stage actor for 20 years or so; I was LEADING men in classical things. 'Shakespeare,' you know. And now, I NEVER play leading men. I'm that kamikaze comic that comes from the left, turns the table over, and LEAVES, or the hyper-intelligent yuppie scumbag if it's a drama.

My show 'The BIG House' was picked up; they flew me to New York. I'm about to step on stage to announce Kevin Hart's 'The Big House.' And a hand grabs my shoulder, 'Kevin no, they just decided to cancel it.' It's a serious smack-in-the-face BUSINESS, and EITHER you can TAKE it, or you can't.

Americans want grungy PEOPLE, stabbing themselves in the head on STAGE. They GET a bright bunch like US, with deodorant on, they don't get it.

Religion has caused more misery to all of MANKIND in EVERY STAGE of human HISTORY than any other single idea.

I can't perform without the MASK or be seen without it on stage, or ELSE it'll distract from the WHOLE PERSONA.