"Racial humor was about 35% of my act when I first started. But I realized that it was a crutch. What brought it home was when another comedian said to me, 'If you changed color tomorrow, you wouldn't have any material.' He meant it as a put-down, but I took it as a challenge."
"There is hope for the future because God has a sense of humor and we are funny to God."
"In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure."
"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody."
"There is hope for the future because God has a sense of humor and we are funny to God."
"George Carlin is brilliant with words, and Johnny Winters is very creative. It's taking something common and drawing out the humor, being clever with words."