If you have money and you have fame, but you don't have any confidence in your blackness, then it's all for nothing.

The king of comedy is dead. Richard Pryor was the king of comedy. The rest of them are the king of copycats.

Arizona has always been anti-black.

When they were making black films in the '60s and the '70s, everyone knew their place, if you get my drift. You understand? Everyone knew the rules, and everyone knew their place. Everyone knew what to say. They had the written rules in Hollywood film, and the unwritten rules.

Hillary Clinton could say she was a woman and running for president. And Sarah Palin could say she was a woman and running for vice-president. But Obama couldn't say, 'I'm black and I'm running for president.' It couldn't come out of his mouth. He couldn't say that because, if he did, he'd lose votes.

I'm as American as apple pie.

America has a rap sheet. You can't police the world and tell the world how to act when you're just as bad yourself.