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" Usually, if I think something is really funny, I'm not gonna test it. I'll just test it when I'm onstage. "

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" If you're on Twitter, what you're saying is, 'I'm important enough for you to care what I think.' "

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" I'm very impatient, so I was like, 'I want to be able to do whatever I want now.' But even the biggest stars - you look back and they weren't overnight. "

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" Black men struggle with masculinity so much. The idea that we must always be strong really presses us all down - it keeps us from growing. "

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" We put stereotypes on ourselves. Everybody does that. But I think it's just a little harder for black kids to just be who they are. "

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" Black culture is a fight. We want to hold on to what we are, but sometimes the things that we are can be totally negative. You have to think: can't we try something new and not be seen as suspect? "

" When anybody pays you to be creative, you're very lucky. "

" I'm very confident in my point of view. 'Cause I think that that's all you can really have. I'm never really going to know what anybody else is going through, so it's just kind of your job to be expressive with your point of view. "

" I try to be me to the utmost. "