How can music without any words make you think? I listen to jazz when I'm doing something else. I use it for background music, I don't just sit down and concentrate on it. Lyrics, words - that's what makes me think.

I ain't never been in no cell that had a phone in it. Can I stay for a while? I ordered some pizza.

I'm just a man. I think people are reacting to something else when they see me. They're not reacting to me, Eddie Murphy. They don't even know me. It's just luck and the God in me they're reacting to.

You know you can't just run and shoot people in the knee-caps with double barreled shotgun 'cause you're pissed at them.

From the very beginning, I always tried to make dialogue flow comfortably; I always did that to make it seem more authentic.

The thing about kids is that they express emotion. They don't hold back. If they want to cry, they cry, and if they are in a good mood, they're in a good mood.

You might have seen a housefly, maybe even a superfly, but I bet you ain't never seen a donkey fly! Ha, ha!