A biography for Loni Lovehasn’t been written yet.
“I'm hearing from fans about how they got out of an abusive relationship. That's why I tell people you've got to watch 'The Real.' We are about comedy and inspiration, but personal moments come up, and people are moved by it.”
“Mom was a nurse's aide. She worked in various hospitals. She took care of us that way, and we ate government cheese. I survived.”
“Everything that I've done on television has helped me to get the exposure that I need.”
“That's a nice thing about being a topical standup: you can add in things to keep it fresh.”
“At my job, my manager had a massive heart attack; we had layoffs. It made me realize that nothing is certain, nothing is for sure, and if I'm going to make a move, I gotta make a move now.”
“The late, great Joan Rivers actually gave me so much advice, and she was so nice to me before she passed.”
“I've seen Don Rickles up at the Montreal Comedy Festival. Don Rickles was doing jokes in a wheelchair, and he was headlining a show. Do you think they would let a woman do that?”
“I couldn't be where I am today if I had children. My focus would be on my children and home. And you can do it later in life.”
“The thing is being honest with yourself. There's no rule that says you have to be married and have kids.”
“I do think the audiences have a right to judge what they feel is offensive and not.”
“If you think about how many headlining female comics are out there, you could say 15, maybe 20?”
“Miss Britney Spears took a dude that was already with a girl that had babies. And sometimes when you do that kind of stuff and take a dude, that's called karma.”
“It's been a long haul. It may seem to some people that have never heard of me, 'Oh she just popped up on the scene,' but I've been working on this for some time.”
“What helped was that my mother, even though we didn't have a lot of money... allowed me to take part in the Girl Scouts.”
“Whatever you're destined to do, you will be.”
“Everybody wants to say females aren't as funny as men. That's not true. You just don't see as many because it takes a lot to do this occupation.”
“If you are a woman with your own money, you have confidence. You have the pick of the litter.”
“I love being a regular on 'Chelsea Lately!'”
“I don't have a lot of time for television because I am making it, so it's really hard for me to sit down. But when I do get a chance, I try to catch up on 'Scandal,' 'Empire' and 'black-ish.'”