People ask me, when was my best time? I always say, 'Today.'
If your hair is relaxed, white people are relaxed. If your hair is nappy, they're not happy.
I don't want affirmative action - too much affirmative, not enough action.
Whatever that thing is that white people like in blacks, I don't have it. Maybe it's my arrogance or my self-assurance or the way I carry myself, but whatever it is, I don't have it.
You white folks see UFOs in your dreams. You don't hear about Martians in Harlem.
You know who you are. If my mother is a nun and someone comes up to me and they go, 'Your mother is a prostitute.' It is not going to bother me, because I know my mother is a nun, she's not a prostitute.