Bert Williams

I have never been able to discover anything disgraceful in being a colored man. But I have often found it inconvenient -…

— Bert Williams

People sometimes ask me if I would not give anything to be white, I answer, in the words of the song, most…

— Bert Williams

The man with the real sense of humor is the man who can put himself in the spectator's place and laugh at…

— Bert Williams

A black face, run-down shoes and elbow-out make-up give me a place to hide. The real Bert Williams is crouched deep down…

— Bert Williams

I named all my children after flowers. There's Lillie and Rose and my son, Artificial.

— Bert Williams