Jones: "As soon as I touched the mic, I knew that's what I would do for the rest of my life."

Jones: "I just knew that I was funny, and I knew that it was just a matter of time. I didn't know what was going to actually happen - this is definitely way bigger than I thought - but I knew there was no way I was going to be that funny, and nobody was going to notice it."

Jones: "I know who I am."

Jones: "I take care of everybody. I'm either hugging you or making sure that you're not sick, because my backpack has every kind of medicine in it."

Jones: "Hate speech and freedom of speech are two different things."

Jones: "Why is being a woman so surprising? There are two sexes. A man and a woman. So, if it's not a man in a movie, what else was it going to be?"

Jones: "I honestly believe that people sit behind their computers and just get really brave."

Jones: "The day that I saw Whoopi Goldberg on television, I cried so hard because I kept looking at my daddy going, 'Oh my God. There's somebody on TV that looks like me! She looks like me! Yay! I can be on TV! I can be on TV! I can do it! Look at her - look at her! She looks just like me.'"

Jones: "I know I'm fly - don't get me wrong. But I don't look, like, standard Hollywood. As a comedian, it's something you learn to use."

Jones: "They redid 'Roots,' and everyone was saying, 'Oh, it shouldn't have been done.' I was like, 'It definitely should have been done.' Because it needs to be refurbished for the new generation so they can understand it."

Jones: "When you're writing a sketch, it has to be surrounded by a situation. It can't just be out of the air."

Jones: "There was a time where I knew I was as funny as many dudes, but I had people telling me, 'You have to wear a dress onstage. You need to be more feminine.'"

Jones: "The big percentage is us, the real people, and we have to say something. You have to speak up. You have to."