Revolution ain't nothing but an extent of evolution; Evolution is a fact of nature. So when old folks tell me that they don't understand hip hop and the music is too loud, well I guess it means you're not supposed to be in there.

When you look at Hitler and those thugs, you can put Walmart right next to them.

It was an unwritten law that black comics were not permitted to work white nightclubs. You could sing and you could dance, but you couldn't stand flat-footed and talk; that was a no-no.

We thought I was going to be a great athlete, and we were wrong, and I thought I was going to be a great entertainer, and that wasn't it either. I'm going to be an American Citizen. First class.

Wouldn't it be a helluva joke if all this were really burnt cork and you people were being tolerant for nuthin'?

Eating liver out of a cow's body is like eating the filter out of a car.

One of the things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people.