A lot of the rap shows I saw as a kid were boring, but if you went to a Rage show or a Justice show, the kids were losing their minds.

Also, I realized a lot of kids are listening to me. Whether I want to be or not, they're looking up to me.

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.

But I just think I was lucky enough to figure out early on that I wanted to do comedy, so that's what I put all my effort into.

Careers very rarely are a waste of time; jobs usually are.

I felt like high school for me was like a big whirlpool of me trying to figure out what was OK for me to do.

I have an obsession with books about kids with Asperger's syndrome.

I think it's a comedian's job to make everything funny. Nothing is off-limits.

I try to be me to the utmost.

I'm probably going to get in trouble for this but 'American Dad' is one of my favourite shows. It gets very dark in places but the jokes are there.

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

The only reason I'm able to do music is because I'm making money on 'Community.' If I wasn't, I couldn't pay for things.

Twitter does have an effect on everything - things you put out there, they are out there for good.

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

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.

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

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?

I call 'Community' the best day job in the world, because between takes, I get to write music. I get to write sketches. I get to write movies. It's the best job ever.

I personally don't believe people really grow. They just learn stuff when they were a kid, and hold on to it, and that affects every relationship they have.

I started doing '30 Rock' and started writing 'Mystery Team' at the beginning of that. While I was doing 'Mystery Team,' I started practicing stand-up. While I was doing stand up, I got 'Community.' It's like I planted trees six years ago, and now they have fruit.