A woman is a woman until the day she dies, but a man's man only as long as he can

I don't want nothing old but some old money. Buy me some young ideas. That's what I'm gonna do with it.

Black women, white women- all of them. I'm colorblind. I don't know the difference. I only know you're a human being and you're my children.

A woman is a woman until the day she dies, but a man's man only as long as he can

[On turning down an invitation to appear for four minutes on the Ed Sullivan Show:] Honey, it takes Moms four minutes just to get on the stage.

[On old age:] You wake up one morning and you got it.

The teenagers aren't all bad. I love 'em if nobody else does. There ain't nothing wrong with young people. Jus' quit lyin' to 'em.