Dave Chappelle

I felt in a lot of instances I was deliberately being put through stress because when you're a guy who generates money, people have a vested interest in controlling you.

You can become famous but you can't become unfamous. You can become infamous but not unfamous.

I still think people do have racial hang-ups, but I think one of the reasons I can joke about it is people are shedding those racial hatreds.

Everyone around me says, You're a genius! You're great! That's your voice! But I'm not sure if they're right.

If you don't have the right people around you and you're moving at a million miles an hour you can lose yourself.

I don't normally talk about my religion publicly because I don't want people to associate me and my flaws with this beautiful thing. And I believe it is beautiful religion if you learn it the right way.

You've got to say 'yes' to your destiny. Life's happening right now, look around you. There goes some life. Come on, Mamma, live!

I was doing sketches that were funny but socially irresponsible. I felt I was deliberately being encouraged and I was overwhelmed.

There's not too many people that don't think I'm crazy, for walking away from so much money. I'm at a restaurant with my wife, it's a nice restaurant, we're eating dinner. I look across the room, I say, 'You see this guy over here, across the room? He has $100 million.' And we're eating the same entree. So, OK, fine, I don't have $50 million or whatever it was, but say I have $10 million in the bank. The difference in lifestyle is miniscule.

The mark of greatness is when everything before you is obsolete, and everything after you bears your mark.

I get a little heated when I talk about the past. But I wanted to be clear - I'm not mad at anybody - not anymore.

Every black American is bilingual. All of them. We speak street vernacular and we speak 'job interview.'

I don't want the money. I don't want the drama. I just want to do my show. I want to have fun again.

Fame for me is like a place, a country I'm taking a tour through.

I felt in a lot of instances I was deliberately being put through stress because when you're a guy who generates money, people have a vested interested in controlling you.

My wife asked me once if I weren't a comedian what I would do. I couldn't answer the question. I never imagined doing anything else.

The higher up I went, the less happy I was.

Money is the fuel for choices. Money gives me choices, so it's not nothing, it's something. But it's not the end all, be all. There are other things in my life that I did not purchase with money that are very valuable.

They do what they do for money - that's all. I don't even know why you're listening to me. I've done commercials for both Coke and Pepsi. Truth is, I can't even taste the difference, but Pepsi paid me last, so there it is.

Cause my life is dope, and I do dope sh*t

The worst thing to call somebody is crazy. It's dismissive.