In all my years in show business - on stage, clubs and TV shows - my audience has been 75 percent white. In Las Vegas and Atlantic City I look out at the crowd and only see a few black… — Nipsey Russell Copy Share Image
I knew racial discrimination at its worst in the 1930s. I lived with the humility of it but I never lost my sense of humor. Humor is the escape valve from the deadly reality of adversity. — Nipsey Russell Copy Share Image
In all my years in show business - on stage, clubs and TV shows - my audience has been 75 percent white. In Las… — Nipsey Russell Copy Share Image
You see, the patience of an audience is very short, particularly with a non-entity. You're an intruder, and you must make them laugh within… — Nipsey Russell Copy Share Image
I'm all for ERA. I want to see women equal to men - not so damn superior like they've been. — Nipsey Russell Copy Share Image
For artistic fulfillment I prefer to work live. For career advancement, I go to the media. — Nipsey Russell Copy Share Image
One character mistook me for the model and remarked 'That Man-Tan sure works wonders!' That ain't Man-Tan. I'm tan, man. From my head to my toes. — Nipsey Russell Copy Share
If you owe too much on American Express, and your Diner's Club notes are too hard, take a loan on your Visa, and pay… — Nipsey Russell Copy Share Image
I've dropped a lot of race humor from my routines, not because I think it is in bad taste, but because I don't want… — Nipsey Russell Copy Share Image
