My Daughter Was A Beautiful Child.

I Became The Storyteller Of South Side Chicago. I Used An Old Kiwi Liquid Shoe Polish As A Microphone. I'd Go Around The House Interviewing Everybody, Telling Stupid Jokes, Doing Voices. I Mimicked Sidney Poitier, Sammy Davis Jr., People On 'laugh-in,' Flip Wilson.

I'm Not A Star, I Hate That Word, And I'm An Entertainer. Stars Fall, You Know, I'm An Entertainer. I Want To Be Known As An Entertainer.

Fear Is Not One Of My Attributes.

Why I Was So Intrigued With Red Skelton Was Because He Was Able To Make You Cry And Laugh And The Same Time. That Was Power.

The Two Sides Of Bernie - That's A Quiet Weapon That I Have.