Quotes from Loni Love

I've seen Don Rickles up at the Montreal Comedy Festival. Don Rickles was doing jokes in a wheelchair, and he was headlining a show. Do you think they would let a woman do that?

Everything that I've done on television has helped me to get the exposure that I need.

Being in the Girl Scouts took me out of the projects environment and showed me different things.

Really, it hasn't changed for female comics; it's still hard for females to really enter the game.

Being a former engineer, you learn to always go back, study yourself, see what you could've done differently, see what you could've said.

One day, we had a layoff at my job. And I went to my boss, and I said, 'Please save someone else's job. This is a win-win situation for the company and me - and just lay me off.' I did that in around 2003, and I never looked back. I became a full-time comic.

That's the one thing I have to say to females. If you don't have a certain look, or if you look a certain way, they won't accept you.

I like having peace and quiet in my life, and I am perfectly happy in my relationships.

What helped was that my mother, even though we didn't have a lot of money... allowed me to take part in the Girl Scouts.

We provide comedy for everybody, no matter what your race or gender. We just want people to come out and have a really good time.

At my job, my manager had a massive heart attack; we had layoffs. It made me realize that nothing is certain, nothing is for sure, and if I'm going to make a move, I gotta make a move now.

We have to remember that people are free to love who they want to love. That also means that black women are free to love who they want to love.

I couldn't be where I am today if I had children. My focus would be on my children and home. And you can do it later in life.

I keep doing stand-up because the world needs laughter - there's always something happening in the country and in the world. That's why I wanted to become an entertainer: to help people forget about their problems for a little while.

It's been a long haul. It may seem to some people that have never heard of me, 'Oh she just popped up on the scene,' but I've been working on this for some time.

I'm hearing from fans about how they got out of an abusive relationship. That's why I tell people you've got to watch 'The Real.' We are about comedy and inspiration, but personal moments come up, and people are moved by it.

Mom was a nurse's aide. She worked in various hospitals. She took care of us that way, and we ate government cheese. I survived.

The thing is, it's that Detroiters are hard workers. We've always been hard workers, even when times are down. I've been able to take that with me, that work ethic, to help me build my career.

I love being a regular on 'Chelsea Lately!'

Being a female comic and getting a Comedy Central special is an honor because not a lot of women get that.

That's a nice thing about being a topical standup: you can add in things to keep it fresh.

Seriously, I love my gays. They accept me, and I accept them. Imperfections and all, we accept each other.

I'll see something, and I'll go, 'Oh, wow, that's interesting,' because really, comedy comes from the truth.

Now that I live in Los Angeles, if I meet somebody from Detroit, it's like there's this brother- or sisterhood, where we're real folks.