The food here is so tasteless you could eat a meal of it and belch and it wouldn’t remind you of anything.

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 show doesn’t drive home a lesson, but it can open up people’s minds enough for them to see how stupid every kind of prejudice can be.

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

It’s some chopped liver. That’s Jewish soul food.

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 ain’t from Africa. I’m from St. Louis.

This is the big one! You hear that, Elizabeth? I’m coming to join ya, honey!

I feel sorry for people who don’t drink or do drugs. Because someday they’re going to be in a hospital bed, dying, and they won’t know why.

What’s the difference between a pickpocket and a peeping tom? A pickpocket snatches watches.