T La Rock Quotes

Black movies don't have real names, they have names like Barbershop. That's not a name, that's just a location.

I take the invasion of my personal space very seriously...

Politicians and music don't mix. It's like whiskey and wine.

CONTROL MYSELF?!! I'm a MONSTER! Monsters don't control themselves! That's the whole IDEA!

Educated: no. Stupid: yes. And when I say "stupid," I mean stupid fresh.

If you're black, you got to look at America a little bit different. You got to look at America like the uncle who paid for you to go to college, but who molested you.

You can't think the thoughts you want to think if you think you're being watched.

Bill Cosby was the first comedian I was exposed to, because he doesn't curse.

God helps those who have no-cut contracts.

A common man, even like myself, I don't know how to pay my taxes.

Go where you're celebrated, not tolerated. I'm celebrated in Detroit.

A sense of humor is great - it goes a long, long way in a marriage.

Somehow, even in the worst of times, the tiniest fragments of good survive. It was the grip in which one held those fragments that counted.

Women need food, water, and compliments That's right. And an occasional pair of shoes.

As soon as somebody comes out for a politician, especially in Hollywood, when they all go, 'I'm voting for this guy!' – I go, 'That's not who I'm voting for!'

Yeah, it's unfair that you can get judged by something you didn't do, but it's also unfair that you can inherit money that you didn't work for.

Newspapers and magazines didn't want pictures of musicians behaving badly back then. Now, because of the Internet, that's all the media wants.

I don't show every picture that I have, I think discretion is also important.

Give me a black man, a white woman, a giraffe, a zebra anything but another white man! That last one f***ed up my roof!

School shootings were invented by blacks... and stolen by the white man.

I love to be pushed so I can prove myself, because once again, I will.

The best formula for revenge is success.

Surround yourself with good people. Whether they're the best or not, people are capable of learning if they've got good hearts and they're good souls.

Yeah, I love being famous. It's almost like being white, y'know?

Even though I felt like crying, I did my very best to smile.

For the most part, comedy is the only fair part of show business.

You can't be happy that fire cooks your food and be mad it burns your fingertips.

Babies don't know who's rich and who's poor. You love 'em and they're happy.

I think I did every drug known to mankind, smoked crack, boozed, dropped acid, you name it.

Every town has the same two malls: the one white people go to and the one white people used to go to.

The government doesn't want you to use YOUR drugs, they want you to use THEIR drugs.

Is America ready for a black president? Well, I say we just had a retarded one. When did being black become a bigger deterrent than being retarded?

Live for the moments you can't put into words

I hold the Key to my Own Success! (You do too!)

I met so many people after I got rich and famous, and I learned that you can't ultimately trust people unless they were your friends when you were broke.

If Bill Gates woke up with Oprah's money he'd jump out the window.

There's so many examples of just how lucky we are to be born anywhere in this world that is free.

Better to live hundred years as a millionaire, than one week in poverty!

Money's really - you know, song writing, yes, there's money to be made and things like that. But really, when you talk about the real money, you talk about touring. No question.

Getting married is the most fun you can have in life. Being married sucks

I live in a neighborhood so bad that you can get shot while getting shot.

Men lie the most, women tell the biggest lies.

You know, a lot of people are just interested in, in building a company so they can make money and get out.

I'm actually a pretty decent human being, and when I'm home I'm straight as an arrow.

I have been to anger management twice. After the first session the lady was like, 'Baby, you don't seem that angry at all. You seem like a really nice guy.'

But I'm a great father. That's why I got custody.

No matter what happens or how difficult things become, you will eventually feel better.

Don't argue! You cannot win, you cannot beat a woman in a arguement. It's impossble you will not win. Cause men, we are handicapped when it comes to arguing cause we have a need to make sense

I mean no disrespect to anything I did before.

I think it’s better to have ideas. You can change an idea; changing a belief is trickier.