"I really wanted to just be a musician. I didn’t want to be anything else, but I was funny and all that." ― Jamie Foxx Topic(s): Funny More From Jamie Foxx "I’ve had to be a man since I was 12 or 13. I had a job. And I was playing the piano for people twice my age. Handling responsibility is what makes a man a man." "And perfect happiness? Man, that’s a… the pool is about 92 degrees, the Jacuzzi is about 102 and an avocado farm." "Actually, music gave me the support when I needed it. I would never have gone to college unless I’d gotten a piano scholarship. And now I’m so glad I got to learn to play the cello, which is a different experience, you’re flexing a different muscle, but it’s beautiful because it is music." More In Funny "Weather forecast for tonight: dark."― George Carlin "I don’t think the public is dying to see me necessarily be funny all the time."― Ben Stein "You can’t make everybody laugh. You gotta just do what you think is funny. Just be obstreperous to everybody."― Colin Quinn