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> [I've never seen anyone more messed up over success than Richard Pryor. For him, it's a constant battle between success in the white world and keeping it real for his black self.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-mooney/i-ve-never-seen-anyone-more-messed-up-over-success-than-richard-pryor/)

[Paul Mooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-mooney/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ee/paul-mooney-9583_anyone_i-ve-never-seen-anyone-more-messed-up-ov_852310.jpg)

> [I think about never losing my voice, never giving in, never selling out, always keeping black, always sticking to the street. Staying neighborhood and not Hollywood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-mooney/i-think-about-never-losing-my-voice-never-giving-in-never-selling-out/)

[Paul Mooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-mooney/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8e/paul-mooney-9583_about_i-think-about-never-losing-my-voice-neve_1213416.jpg)

## More by Paul Mooney

> [I was born a comic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-mooney/i-was-born-a-comic/)

[Paul Mooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-mooney/)

> [I got my sense of humor from my grandmother. You know, my grandmother was very funny.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-mooney/i-got-my-sense-of-humor-from-my-grandmother-you-know-my-grandmother/)

[Paul Mooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-mooney/)

> [People don't want to hear the truth; they never do. They wanna live in some kind of fantasy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-mooney/people-don-t-want-to-hear-the-truth-they-never-do-they-wanna-live-in/)

[Paul Mooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-mooney/)

> [If you have money and you have fame, but you don't have any confidence in your blackness, then it's all for nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-mooney/if-you-have-money-and-you-have-fame-but-you-don-t-have-any-confidence/)

[Paul Mooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-mooney/)

> [I have nothing to do with racism in America; it was here when I got here.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-mooney/i-have-nothing-to-do-with-racism-in-america-it-was-here-when-i-got/)

[Paul Mooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-mooney/)

> [We have a lot of black Anglo-Saxons. Their skin is black, but their brain is white. When I get real mad at them, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-mooney/we-have-a-lot-of-black-anglo-saxons-their-skin-is-black-but-their/)

[Paul Mooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-mooney/)

> [When you know who you are, you know who you are. That's the real dangerous thing in Hollywood, because they all want to create…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-mooney/when-you-know-who-you-are-you-know-who-you-are-that-s-the-real/)

[Paul Mooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-mooney/)

> [I read a lot of history. The passive Jews in Germany didn't survive. The smart ones got out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-mooney/i-read-a-lot-of-history-the-passive-jews-in-germany-didn-t-survive/)

[Paul Mooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-mooney/)

> [When they were making black films in the '60s and the '70s, everyone knew their place, if you get my drift. You understand? Everyone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-mooney/when-they-were-making-black-films-in-the-60s-and-the-70s-everyone/)

[Paul Mooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-mooney/)

> [I'm like the Davy Crockett of comedy... after Davy Crockett opened up the West and helped everybody... they didn't need him anymore. I freed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-mooney/i-m-like-the-davy-crockett-of-comedy-after-davy-crockett-opened-up/)

[Paul Mooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-mooney/)

> [I like when people are trapped in the joke, when there's no escape. I like to lead people down the wrong path and then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-mooney/i-like-when-people-are-trapped-in-the-joke-when-there-s-no-escape-i/)

[Paul Mooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-mooney/)

> [America has a rap sheet. You can't police the world and tell the world how to act when you're just as bad yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-mooney/america-has-a-rap-sheet-you-can-t-police-the-world-and-tell-the-world/)

[Paul Mooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-mooney/)

> [You white folks see UFOs in your dreams. You don't hear about Martians in Harlem.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-mooney/you-white-folks-see-ufos-in-your-dreams-you-don-t-hear-about-martians/)

[Paul Mooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-mooney/)

> [I've never seen anyone more messed up over success than Richard Pryor. For him, it's a constant battle between success in the white world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-mooney/i-ve-never-seen-anyone-more-messed-up-over-success-than-richard-pryor/)

[Paul Mooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-mooney/)

> [I can't change the past, but one person can change the future - anything can happen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-mooney/i-can-t-change-the-past-but-one-person-can-change-the-future-anything/)

[Paul Mooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-mooney/)

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