If your hair is relaxed, white people are relaxed. If your hair is nappy, they're not happy.
People ask me, when was my best time? I always say, 'Today.'
A new broom can sweep the floor, but an old broom knows where the dirt is.
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.
I don't want affirmative action - too much affirmative, not enough action.
I've never seen anyone more messed up over success than Richard Pryor. For him, it's a constant battle between success in the white world and keeping it real for his black self.