Music played a large role in the survival of the black people in America — that and a sense of humor that just couldn't be enslaved.

I'm convinced that Sanford and Son shows middle-class America a lot of what they need to know.

What's an archive, son? Is that anything like a closet?

Music played a large role in the survival of the black people in America — that and a sense of humor that just couldn't be enslaved.

I've been trying to get into the Royal Box in New York for years. They say I'm too dirty, my material is too blue. But I think Redd, the whites and blue can be a nice combination.

The definition of indecent – when it’s in long, and it’s in hard, and it’s in deep – it’s in decent.

Beauty may be skin deep, but ugly goes clear to the bone.