A biography for Eddie Griffinhasn’t been written yet.
“I've been on stage since I was six years old... Street dancing, bugaloo, moonwalking.”
“My thing is to talk about life, about experiences I've had.”
“They are trying to lock up as many of us up as possible to put us in penitentiaries for free labor. You have the government paying private prisons to feed and clothe each inmate, turning it into a damn business. And African Americans are set up for getting arrested.”
“Life is an endless journey through stupidity.”
“There are no 'Leave It to Beaver' families. Everybody's family's got that one nut that comes to the family reunion and you're like, OK, that guy's here.”
“In Hollywood, you serve no wine before it's time, give the haters no time to hate until it's too late.”
“I'm old enough to remember the '70s. The '70s is a different time.”
“When you come out of the NBA, you get a hundred million-dollar contract and a white woman!”
“I raise successful children.”
“I've never actually sat down and written a joke.”
“Life is all about cycles.”
“I had some major league help. Andrew Dice Clay and Robert Townsend were there for me.”
“Even the brokest Saudi got a Mercedes.”
“The international launch of 'Undeniable' is special because now fans all across the globe can laugh along to some of the funniest jokes in history.”
“I love Parliament Funkadelic.”
“We don't live in reverse. We live forward.”
“After my first 'One Night Stand' on HBO, I lost my focus. I was mad at the world. I would have meetings with directors and agents and cuss them out. I was a hothead.”
“I've panhandled before, and I can panhandle again.”
“I don't like country music, so I won't buy a ticket. That doesn't mean I should be outside protesting.”
“Some might call my style pro-black, but I think of the basis of all my material as truth.”