I just want to be funny, I just want to do comedy.

I never wanted the ha-ha-ha laughter [at my shows]. I always aimed for the gut. I always aimed for the pretty girls in the front row, laughing and leaning over and pooting.

Because Eddie [Murphy] came from where I come from, the Bushwick section of Brooklyn. People in the projects used to call me Fat Murphy.

If I don't offend somebody, then I'm probably not funny.

And when I was angry, when I was younger, I was in a cocoon. Now I'm a beautiful, black butterfly.

Make your judgments and then you don't have to worry about it. You're always going to have those people who are offended about every little thing.

I'm not a hateful person and don't condone any kind of violence against others.