Quotes from Tracy Morgan

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

I don't do drama. I'm a comedian.

I was never a big comic book fan. I was always more into the baseball cards.

'Saturday Night Live' is live television. Nothing can compare to that.

I want to be an example of a guy who made something of himself out of nothing. A guy who overcame the odds of a tough childhood, who worked hard, who didn't let his surroundings get the best of him and lead him to jail or the graveyard. Where I ended up - being a comedian, a TV star, and a movie actor - might be unique, but my story is not.

I've still got family members living below the poverty line in New York.

I love animals, but I don't want to talk to them. I'd rather be able to talk to other people on other continents and understand them.

I know how people are. We fixate on controversy and all that.

When Richard Pryor did comedy, it was like he was having a conversation.

Everybody's out to get something from somebody. 'Gold diggers' doesn't just mean money, it can mean time, it can mean feelings. It can mean anything when you're taking and not giving. When people don't know how to reciprocate.

I see knowledge of self. I know who I am. When I look in the mirror, I see me.

Welcome to post-racial America. I'm the face of post-racial America.

America doesn't like to hear about things like welfare. 'Don't talk about that. We don't like what it did to people!' Yeah, but it happened.

I don't get on the phone and prank people and things like that on the phone with people, no.

Most creative thing I've ever done? Got somebody pregnant.

It gets scary when you're dealing with people who don't know how to separate fact from fiction.

My heart is committed to giving everyone the same rights that I deserve for myself.

No matter what, if my son was gay, I'd treat him like a king.

I have the person at home, the person who has his privacy, too. Michael Jackson didn't do the moonwalk in his kitchen.

Having a daughter makes you see things in a different way. You have to see how you're carrying yourself because there's a little girl. There's not a little boy, there's a little girl. I think I'm a little more overprotective.

Don't follow in my footsteps. Be original, and create your own path. Be a trailblazer! Do you! Be better than me. Do you! Be happy and have joy in your life.

I grew up in the projects in Brooklyn, and I consider myself lucky and blessed to be where I am - just working.

All you single fathers got to man up.

My fans would love to see Brian Fellow come back. I love my fans. And they like my edge.