Luenell: Well, you know, everybody has been treating me just lovely. I’ve met some beautiful people since being here. I know Kym Whitley is from here, and Steve Harvey is from here. I plan on calling Kym before the day is over. I met some great folks last night. Praise God I was able to get in here with no airline problems. Last weekend I had to go to Philadelphia and South Carolina, and it was a nightmare. We had plane delays, cancellations, and stay overs, but we made it in, did the shows and brought the heat. I’m hoping to bring enough heat to Cleveland that we melt the rest of this snow y'all got on the ground.
Urban Grandstand Digital: Oh, I know you’re packing the heat. I think it great that despite the fact that you're getting larger than life in terms of your career, you still go out and do stand-up!! Why is that still so important to you?
Luenell: Number one, I don’t have a show. I’m not tied down and tethered to a studio. Now I want a show, don’t get me wrong. But even If I was, I would still go out and do standup on the weekends. I like the personal interactions with the fans. I come from doing theater back in the day, and I like being on stage, and the intimacy of doing the Improv. It’s more fun for me to perform for 300 people than 3000. I rock either one, but I do have an affinity for the club. I think club comic don’t get the pats on the back that they should. We do a lot of traveling, and a lot of being away from our families. I’m not around anybody in my family today, and I have 7 brothers and sisters, and 17 nieces and nephews and a daughter. I’m not around anybody. I’m in a hotel room by myself, but I’ll get all that love made up tonight with the fans. I think comics have an insatiable lust for love that we have to have it from so many people, but I enjoy doing stand-up. I am a stand-up. I don’t do stand-up as a means to anything else. I do stand-up because I am that, and that is me!
Urban Grandstand Digital: And you have to be on your game to do stand-up, otherwise you fail!