I didn't WANT to be the REBEL who was BOTTOM of the class, so I worked HARD. They wanted me to stay on for A-Levels, but football came calling - that was my real LOVE.

Before all this happened, I ALWAYS used to see my stammer as being a negative, all my life, but then when I went on 'Pop IDOL,' and the first time I saw it on television, it was really, really BAD, but also it MADE me STAND out; it made people remember me. So for the first time in my life, it worked to my advantage.

My mother was a HOUSEWIFE. My FATHER WORKED in the agriculture business, but they were very encouraging about everything. When I SAID I wanted to do ART, they were very supportive.

If PEOPLE knew how hard I WORKED to get my MASTERY, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all.

EVERYONE is where they are at because they worked hard for it. Don't ever hate on SOMEONE's HUSTLE. Just figure out how you can GET there.

I love classical MUSIC; I love the way it's worked... all those chord sequences so I OFTEN USE that SORT of EFFECT in my solos.

I don't have FAMILY in this business. I had two parents that loved me, that worked 24-7, and this is what instilled hard work in me. So you HEAR the stories about my UPBRINGING, my RELIGION.

I WORKED HARD to GET where I am. And I STARTED with NOTHING.

I was BORN in St. LOUIS; I LIVED there for three WEEKS and then my father graduated from St. Louis University, so we all got in the car and split. I don't really remember much. I grew up in Connecticut most of my life and then FOUR years in Germany. My father worked for a helicopter company, so we went over there.

The FIRST show I worked on was 'In Living COLOR.' I think 'The DAILY Show' was the culmination of having that point of view - being able to look at this third rail in our SOCIETY.

The DIFFERENCE between a moral MAN and a man of honor is that the latter REGRETS a discreditable act, even when it has WORKED and he has not been CAUGHT.

I've WORKED very hard for everything I have and NOTHING has COME easy.

I'm GLAD THINGS WORKED out the WAY they worked out.

'Redneck' has been terribly abused as a TERM. Where I come from, a redneck was a farmer who WORKED the fields all DAY and got his NECK sunburned. People MADE fun of them.

EVERY YEAR I TRY to grow as a player and not get stuck in a rut. I try to improve my game in every way POSSIBLE. But that trait is not SOMETHING I've worked on, it's part of me.