Quotes About Richard Pryor

I only sweat when I'm nervous, and when I'm nervous no antiperspirant will protect me, so I avoid wearing light colors when I have to teach or perform in some way. But Pryor dares to wear silk, which is so unbreathable it exposes his sweat like ink on blotting paper.

When I became a standup comic, my hero, one of them, was Richard Pryor, and you know, I think that comedians, like, comedians talk about hacks, and what a hack is, is someone who does stuff that's not original.

Elvis Presley's Sun stuff - there's an album out in England with just about all those sides on it - you know, the sound of that upright bass slapping away: that's what I like to listen to. That and Richard Pryor, that is.

I'm an old school cat. I'm a fan of Richard Pryor and also Redd Foxx.

I had to stop drinkin, cuz I got tired of waking up in my car driving ninety.

My father was funnier than me. My father was Richard Pryor-funny. I'm just a better businessman.