If I Can Tell Someone

Every Time You See A Black Romance It's Over-the-top. There Always Has To Be Extreme Hostility Between The Sexes. He Has To Cheat. She Has To Show Him How Independently Strong She Is, Not Just As A Woman But As A Black Woman.

I'm Not Afraid To Fail. Sometimes When You Lose, You Win. Sometimes When You Win, You Lose.

I Was In Love With A Lot Of People, Because I Was A Student Of The Game Of Comedy - Carol Burnett, Jack Benny, Red Skelton, Jackie Gleason, Don Rickles, Red Foxx, Moms Mabley - Who Gets No Credit, Richard Pryor, Bill Cosby, George Kirby. I Loved Them All, And I Used To Just Take A Page Out Of All Of Them.

My Comedy Comes From Pain. I Can't Stand To See Someone Hurting.

I Became The Storyteller Of South Side Chicago. I Used An Old Kiwi Liquid Shoe Polish As A Microphone. I'd Go Around The House Interviewing Everybody, Telling Stupid Jokes, Doing Voices. I Mimicked Sidney Poitier, Sammy Davis Jr., People On 'laugh-in,' Flip Wilson.